Safe Haven Animal Rescue went to the Chickasha Animal Shelter Sunday.
The rescue goes out to rural shelters, like the Chickasha shelter, to help get dogs and cats adopted that have been there for months.
Rural shelters have fewer resources and public attention than city shelters.
"We are here to show what an impact it makes for rural shelters to come in and pull dogs from them," said Safe Haven Animal Rescue Vice President, Courtney Gibbs.
Some of the dogs at the Chickasha shelter have been there for over a year, and the rescue is giving them the exposure they need to find a home.
"They're only going to get so much attention from the community that's local to here. So pulling them into a foster organization where you can have highly adoptable animals sitting out here that just aren't ever going to be seen by the public eye," Gibbs said. "Usually some of these dogs have been here for months."
Fosters with the rescue gathered today to take some dogs and cats from Chickasha and bring them to bigger cities.
"We do adoption events all over the OKC metro so we're usually in Edmond, Norman, Yukon, Oklahoma City," Gibbs said. "So every weekend we're somewhere so that gets these dogs a lot more attention than just sitting in a rural community."
The rescue saved 11 dogs and five cats on Sunday and will have an adoption event next weekend at the Mathis Brothers on Reno.
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