MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — A Florence nonprofit group teamed up with Southwest Airlines on Saturday for an emergency airlift of shelter animals out of Myrtle Beach.
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue helps in disaster areas by moving shelter animals to a safer place. Founder and CEO Mirah Horowitz said they do this so shelters can focus on pets that are displaced by hurricanes and their community.
“If people are cut off from everything and they can’t feed themselves, they can’t feed their pets either,” Horowitz said. “Those shelters need to be distributing food and helping pet owners, not worrying about animals that have been in their care for months already.”
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue took animals to shelters in Wisconsin and Northern Virginia.
“What we’re doing is taking those animals that were already in their care and getting them out,” Horowitz said. “That allows them to focus on those strays and focus on trying to get those dogs and cats back to their families.”
She said their concern now is on the strays that are coming into the shelters from the impact zone of hurricanes Helene and Milton.