Oak Harbor advocate Dianne Nootenboom rescues dozen kittens from home

A coordinated rescue organized and executed by Oak Harbor resident and animal advocate Dianne Nootenboom removed a dozen young cats from a single residence in Oak Harbor, culminating March 6, 2026 after a two-week effort. The operation focused on extracting twelve kittens from one home and getting them into local care.

Over the two weeks leading up to March 6, 2026, the coordinated rescue effort brought the animals out of the residence in stages, with the dozen young cats taken to local rescue centers in Island County on the final day. The work concluded when the animals were transported from the home to those local facilities.

Nootenboom, who lives in Oak Harbor and is identified in this rescue as an animal advocate, organized and executed the operation that produced the dozen-cat removal. Her role encompassed coordination of the effort in Oak Harbor and the final transfer of the animals on March 6, 2026.

The dozen young cats are now in the custody of local rescue centers in Island County following the March 6, 2026 transfer from the single Oak Harbor residence. The coordinated two-week timeline and the specific count of twelve kittens mark the operation as a concentrated local animal welfare effort led by a named Oak Harbor resident.

The rescue represents a focused intervention in Oak Harbor: twelve young cats removed from one address and placed into local rescue centers after a coordinated effort organized and executed by Dianne Nootenboom, concluding March 6, 2026.