Wed, Sep 24, 2014
Air Caravan Planned For This Weekend To Take Animals To New Homes And No-Kill Shelters
Calling all pilots and animal lovers! On Saturday, September 27, 2014 a special air caravan containing rescued animals will depart from the Greenville Downtown Airport in SC as part of the Southeast Aviation Expo. Their destination? New homes and non-kill shelters throughout the U.S. Each year, Pilots N Paws, holds a large rescue flyway event. This event has never taken place in Greenville. Last year, when it was held in Hinesville, GA, 50 private pilots volunteered to fly more than 400 animals to safety and others joined in with vans for shorter, over land travel.
"Many healthy and adoptable animals are put down each year. While neutering or spaying animals is the ultimate goal because it helps reduce new births and overpopulation; there are animals that are already here that need to be saved," stated Pilots N Paws President & Co-founder Debi Boies. Throughout the year, Pilots N Paws, a 501 c (3) registered charitable organization, connects pilots and animals, in jeopardy of being "put down" due to the high number of animals needing homes being far greater than the number of families looking to adopt a pet.
Unfortunately, many animals aren't "fixed" so they reproduce, and the offspring are eventually dropped off at shelters. In other regions of the country fewer animals are available for adoption. Pilots N Paws was formed to help get animals from areas of high animal euthanasia to new homes in other regions. At least once a year, volunteers come together for a huge transport effort to help raise awareness of the problem and find others willing to step in to help on the ground, through a donation or of course, up in the air!
Pilots N Paws is a 501 c (3) charitable organization that has connected, via an online forum, over 4,200 volunteer general aviation pilots, from every state in the U.S., with people helping animals in need to organize lifesaving flights for over 60,000 animals. Portions of these flights are also tax deductible.
(Images provided by Pilots N Paws
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