Thanks to a generous coalition of animal benefit groups , 300 pawl and cats are good and on their way to being adopted .
Three hundred dogs and cats were airlift from Puerto Rico to new , loving homes last month , the result of a monolithic non-profit-making effort to alleviate the island ’s stray pet overpopulation .
In the two pack delivery flights—165 dogs and 135 computed axial tomography — the animals were airlifted to the U.S. mainland on Aug. 27 , thanks to the efforts of a coalition of animal welfare group , includingthe Sato Project , Wings of Rescue , and Tito ’s Handmade Vodka’sVodka for Dog People political platform .
Photo: Tara Steinberg / The Sato Project
Why ? Puerto Rico has a severe stray pet crisis . There are approximately 500,000 isolated dogs vagabond the island with little access to food , impertinent water supply , and medical care , says Tara Steinberg , communications director at theSato Project . Steinberg assign the big amount of stray to a lack of access to veterinary care , infrequent spay and neuter subroutine , andmultiplenatural calamity . She tot up that , unlike some states , Puerto Rico severely lack governing and community reinforcement for animal welfare .
" There are 78 municipalities and only five shelter [ across the island ] , " Steinberg tell apart Daily Paws . " So , for the [ isolated ] animals in Puerto Rico , non - profit organization like us are truly their only Leslie Townes Hope . "
as luck would have it , manyrescue organizationsdon’t shy aside from doing some heavy lifting to ensure the public assistance of as many brute as potential . This particular " freedom flight of steps " was contrive withWings of Rescuein other spring , and labor organizer added extra passengers to its roster wherever they could . Sixty of those pet were fly directly to their adoptive sept , while the balance went to shelters in New York and Maine . Though the journeying was long , many of the pets have already settled in their raw homes , while the rest eagerly await meeting their forever families .
Tara Steinberg / The Sato Project
" Everyone is go outstanding ! " Jeana Roth , director of community engagement at the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland , tells Daily Paws . " The bulk have been adopt , with just a few still looking for home . "
A rescue flight of this scale would n’t be possible without many dedicated volunteer and organizations . wing of Rescue pilots , for example , were the ones who brought these roofless animate being to safety , places where they can find constantly families . Though they often tend into challenges such as delays cash in one’s chips through usance , uncollectible weather , and mechanically skillful issues , it ’s always worth it .
" Everyone involve in preferred rescue gets a special feel when they know for certain that an animal has been economize and is going to a fresh house — that part never changes , " say Gene Gable , medium relative representative for Wings of Rescue . " It is a very rewarding experience working one of our flights and watch firsthand the respect , kindness , and love that everyone involved brings to the process .
" Every pet we transport is one less sad statistic . Each and every one brings joy and love into someone ’s lifespan . You ca n’t outwit that . "
