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New at Five: Working together to find forever homes for more than 120 animals. The Martinsville Henry County spca along with The North Shore Animal League America and The American Humane Association teamed up for the biggest animal rescue and transport to date. WDBJ7’s Danielle Staub was there for all the action and has the full story tonight. nat dogs…. One after another, puppies, kittens and then the big dogs are loaded into the moblie units for transfer. Keisha Wooten, spca Staff “a lot o these guys, this is their second chance. a lot of them wouldn’t have gotten this opportunity otherwise if it wasn’t for north shore.” The Martinsville spca transfers animals to other shelters to help make room for the overflow. Early Tuesday morning, North Shore Animal League America and the America Humane Association collaborated for the biggest transfer to date in Martinsville. More than 120 animals were loaded onto the mobile units to start their journey to Port Washington, New York. Cindy Szczudlo, Rescue Manager,” It’s really exciting, ya know we are excited to recieve these animals and find loving homes for them and it’s a great opportunity for us to clear out almost all the animals here in Martinsville so they have an opportunity to rescue more.” The Animal League says it is very likely all these animals will be adopted by the end of the week. Szczudlo “We are th largest no kill shelter in the world and that affords us the opportunity to have our name out there and so many people coming to our shelter every day.” As happy as volunteers and staff are to see them find a new home, sometimes, it’s hard to say good bye. Wooten “laughs, h does his little dance in the morning. And as they get to know you, there are some guys that come in shy and as you work with them and everything, they start to trust you, and that’s basically just getting them prepared for their home.” stand up Everyone packed up and headed out. And now rooms that used to be filled with puppies are empty and quiet. but the director says, these cages will be full, within the week. Nicole Harris, Executive Director “honestly w could probably do it today. but we are going to slowly graduate everybody back into the shelter, so probably within the next three days we will be full again.” The spca says controling the animal population in Martinsville and Henry County continues to be an issue so they try to education the public, as much as possible. “Constantly talk t everybody about over breeding, about getting their animals fixed and this is obviously an aftermath of un altered animals, this many animals in a shelter at any given moment. Without this partner ship these guys could have faced death.” In Martinsville, Danielle Staub wdbj7 What