WEST POINT, Va. —
More than 125 dogs are being flown from a North Carolina airport to Virginia to save the animals from kill shelters.
Officials with the PilotsNPaws program say more than 80 pilots are participating in the single-day airlift of more than 300 dogs on Saturday.
The dogs are being flown from the Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport in Monroe, N.C. to seven states, including Virginia.
About 100 of the dogs are set to be flown to Middle Peninsula Regional Airport in West Point, with others going to Warrenton.
Hats off to these pilots. Dogs will also go to other states. In all, 300 dogs will be airlifted today. Even if you can’t take a rescued dog, you can give a small donation on the website to help this initiative.
Rescued dogs aren’t for everyone. Depending on background, some dogs require special home placement. People with children have to be especially careful. I couldn’t take one. I am one dog short of a kennel as it is. Rescued dogs don’t always blend with the other dogs in the house. I have one rescue dog. She is a wonderful “human being” but definitely wouldn’t fit in just anywhere. She needed an old man to spoil her rotten. I just happened to have one of those.
I have stuck a D on rescueD to differentiate between dogs who rescue (earthquakes etc) and dogs who have been rescueD.
Where are the no kill shelters around here? Are there any in Northern Virginia? Many shelters (including PWC) euthanize because of lack space and resources. What can be done to “turn” a local shelter into a no kill shelter? What kind of commitment does it take?
The reality is, a dog like shown above will probably be adopted. Its cute. Older dogs or dogs who have health issues don’t get adopted nearly as often. My rescueD dog needed surgery that no one told us about. These are all considerations.
I guess my “blaspheme quotient” just went up about 500 points on this thread.
Bring it!
Dh and I took two dogs that we found wandering near Dumfries Road to the Animal Shelter (luckily they were microchipped and probably went home within hours). While in the parking lot DH talked to a woman who was with a group that wants to work with the shelter to reduce the number of animals euthanized. I don’t know if this is the group that regularly supports the shelter (ASPCA?) or another group. Maybe we’ll hear more in the future.
I’ll probably send the pilots a donation. I’m sure they acquire flight hours and a write-off for this work, but I feel it’s worthwhile. It solves a logistical problem of getting dogs from high kill shelters to areas where they can be adopted.
We have two dogs that were rescued from the same high-kill shelter by two different rescue groups at two different times. One was an older pup and has been a breeze to train except for jumping up on people and the other is a laid-back older dog that has to stay separated from my cats and other male dogs. They’re probably the last animals we’ll adopt because of our age (unless we get a geezer dog next decade) so I’ll give money instead of a home.
I can empathize about the needed surgery! One dog cost us a couple grand within weeks of adopting him. He must have had a peculiar appetite!
@Censored
I donated through paypal and it doubled. grrrrr. I didn’t try to claim it back because I didn’t donate a large amount….but if you are using paypal, it has a sticking key.
This doxie had a hernia that was life threatening that just didn’t happen to get mentioned until she was safely sequestered at howler quarter-acres. We were the second adoptive parents. She was adopted by a family with three kids and she didn’t relate to the kids so they wanted to pass her on. I also had chump written on my face.
Thanks for the warning about PP.
Our dog had swallowed a chunk of a toy and had to have it removed. The vet gave it to my husband and with the help of google images he identified it and we traced it’s path (outside the dog’s gut).
Before or after adoption? @censored
It was a not so freebie that came hidden with the dog before we adopted him.
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He obviously hid it further by eating it.
Dogs are expensive. They are expensive to buy in the first place, their heartworm meds are expensive. The tick and flea is very expensive.A trip to the vet is expensive…..
Between the dogs and geriatric cats I could have made a couple extra mortgage payments with the money spent on them – even though the cats were free to begin with!
I’m repainting my dining room now and the cats have decided this is the time to sit on the window sills and chase the tape as I unroll it. I’m trying to figure out how to keep the door open without the border collie eating the cats.
A no kill shelter frequently means the animals to be euthanized are sent to a different place. Sentencing occurs at no kill shelters punishment is carried out off premises.
So we are being lied to by the Big Cat?
Is there really any such thing as a no kill shelter?