Wings of Rescue flies 28 dogs out of Florida as shelters surge in Hurricane Ian aftermath
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Wings of Rescue, a non-profit organization that transports shelter pets via airplane, flew 28 dogs out of Manatee County, Florida, on Wednesday in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.
"We started to see almost double the animals coming into our facility on a daily basis," Sarah Brown, the division chief of Manatee County Animal Services, told the outlet. "While we were already at critical capacity it was even more critical to start to move some of those adoptable animals out to new places." Wings of Rescue volunteers prepare to load 28 dogs onto a plane for transport. (WTVT) Dogs from Manatee County Animal Welfare in Florida are loaded onto a Wings of Rescue plane for transport to the northeast. (WTVT) Three dogs in crates secured into a Wings of Rescue airplane for transport to the northeast. (WTVT)
That's when Wings of Rescue stepped in to help, a non-profit organization that takes flight to transport shelter pets. The mission is to move pets from overcrowded and disaster-ridden areas to empty shelters across North America.