The dogs were scheduled to be euthanized due to overcrowding. That’s a sad situation, one all too common in animal shelters across the nation.
LOREN EATON: ‘People urge each other to follow their passions all the time, but few have pursued their desires as purposefully as Dan Weecks and Peyton Lindbloom… Both men are private pilots who care about the plight of unwanted dogs. So when they learned about the impending death of more than two-score pooches, they sprang into action. According to a YouTube video shared by Weecks, their adventure started when the Mesa, Arizona, shelter Follow Your Heart learned about 23 puppies in a shelter in Mobile, Alabama.
The dogs were scheduled to be euthanized due to overcrowding. That’s a sad situation, one all too common in animal shelters across the nation. But what could an organization in the Grand Canyon State do about it? After all, Alabama was some 1,500 miles away. Still, rather than sit on their hands, Follow Your Heart reached out to Weecks and Lindbloom to see if they could help.
Weecks had flown from Scottsdale, Arizona, to Page, Arizona, the month prior to pick up nine puppies slated for death, but this was a rescue mission of entirely different intensity. Still, the pair of pilots jumped on board, powering up their small plane at 6 a.m. on Nov.1, 2017, for the flight… The rescue was significant not just for the distance the pilots traveled but also for the large number of doggy lives they saved.
The Alabama shelter had slated 23 dogs for execution, and most of them were puppies… “It’s the right thing to do, so that’s why we are here. That’s why we are rescuing dogs, and we hope with continued support we can continue to save lives.” That’s exactly what they’ve done. Weecks ended up creating a YouTube series called Puppy Pilots where he chronicled his aeronautical attempts to save other dogs’. SOURCE…
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