Animal rescue groups will fly about 100 dogs and cats from Burbank to Seattle Sunday in an effort to relieve local animal shelters overwhelmed by the devastating Los Angeles County wildfires.
The Southern California rescue group Paws for Life K9 Rescue and the international pet air-transport operation Wings of Rescue are joining forces for the effort. The flight will take off at approximately 10 a.m. Sunday from Hollywood Burbank Airport and will make a brief stop in Oregon.
“These pets are not ones lost in the fires, but pets already in shelters,” Paws for Life officials said. “By flying these pets to safe shelters elsewhere in the country, space and resources are then available for shelters in Southern California to take in lost, hurt or abandoned pets and care for them until they can be reunited with their owners.”…