Pittsburgh-Based Dog Rescue Flew 1,500 Miles to Save 14 Dogs from Hurricane Laura in Louisiana

No Dog Left Behind flew to the gulf coast to rescue 14 dogs whose owners had to give them up due to Hurricane Laura.

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No Dog Left Behind, the undertaking of the Pittsburgh Aviation Animal Rescue Team (PAART), just lately flew 1,500 miles round trip from Pittsburgh to the Gulf Coast to rescue 14 dogs who had to be given up due to Hurricane Laura. That may appear to be a long distance, however that is what No Dog Left Behind does.

According to a press release, the dogs had been surrendered to a local animal refuge. Their house owners simply knew that they could no longer provide them with the protected home they needed as a result of they'd experienced such extreme damage from the Hurricane that they could not go back home.

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That's a really sad thing. But No Dog Left Behind swooped in to be certain these puppies remained secure and cherished and located new forever properties. 

"My heart just breaks for these families," said Jonathan Plesset, co-founder of No Dog Left Behind. "To say goodbye to a pet they love, even if they know it's the right thing to do, has to hurt so much. It's nothing short of heroic.

"I need all of them to know: I come up with my word that we can deal with your domestic dogs like they are our personal, and in finding them safe properties in Pittsburgh." No Dog Left Behind co-founder Brad Childs adds, "Our crew stands with the folk impacted by means of this devastation."

In a video about the mission, No Dog Left Behind explains, "During Hurricane Laura, households who lost everything had to do the heroic act of giving up their pets so they both may live to tell the tale. Hope for those animals got here in the form of a 15-hour rescue flight to give 14 of them a second likelihood."

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PAART pilot Pete Lehmann said, "Today we'll be flying to Monroe, Louisiana to help the animal victims of the hurricane. People have lost their homes. They've had to surrender their pets. We have a duty to lend a hand them."

In Louisiana, the dogs were packed into padded crates and loaded into the plane for their long journey. Once they landed in Pittsburgh, PAART Landpilot David Stash had a truck ready to take the pups on "the closing leg in their journey from threat to protection."

At the end of the flight, pilot Pete Lehmann said, "After 14 hours of flying, I'm left with the pride of figuring out that these dogs have a long run.

This may look like a special case, but that is what No Dog Left Behind does. This rescue project was PAART's 49th of the yr. According to the organization's (*14*), they've helped over 12,000 animals get from danger to safety — dogs, cats, turtles, guinea pigs, chickens, and extra.

No Dog Left Behind is a non-profit group that was once founded in 2013. Their venture is to save animals from bad situations, together with natural disasters and kill shelters. They shipping them to no-kill shelters and different secure situations, concurrently saving the animals in need and opening up house at shelters for other animals who would possibly want help.

There are a number of tactics you'll get entangled with No Dog Left Behind. Head to their (*14*) to see how to donate, sponsor a rescue project, or volunteer as a pilot, landpilot, and more. 

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