Friday, August 28, 2009

Best Friends Update: THE GREAT KITTY RESCUE 2 YEARS LATER


The heroes share their stories & updates from Great Kitty Rescue forever homes.

Two years ago Best Friends Animal Society embarked on a rescue of cats trapped in an institutional hoarding situation. Best Friends was requested to help Nye County Animal Control in Nevada with what is still one of the single largest cat rescue operations in history.


Known as "The Great Kitty Rescue" or the "Nye County Cat Rescue," originally there was believed to be about 400 cats in a barren compound, concealed behind chain-link privacy fencing in a neighborhood in Pahrump, Nevada. By the time the facility was closed down and the remaining cats were transported to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, the total number of cats numbered closer to 800..." More