Enes Kanter’s eyes grew wide with shock when he heard the numbers. To him, and many in Oklahoma City, the figures were unbelievable.
“I was speechless when I heard it. It was amazing,” Kanter said.
Kanter stood, arms folded and eyes locked on Julie Bank, Superintendent for Oklahoma City Animal Welfare, as she described that the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter rescues 24,000 animals every year and currently houses 700 on its property. It’s not just dogs and cats that fill the rooms in the shelter, but even horses, donkeys, a pig, a goat and a fox. If any animal is injured or clearly in a bad position, the doctors at the shelter restore them back to health.