ASPCA and IPAW put $1.4 million behind Dog Is My CoPilot's rescue flights
Multi-year funding from the ASPCA and IPAW will expand Dog Is My CoPilot's flights. The group already flies more than 8,000 shelter animals a year.
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The ASPCA and IPAW are putting $1.4 million, over multiple years, into Dog Is My CoPilot's rescue flights, Pet Age reported. The Jackson-based group already flies more than 8,000 at-risk shelter animals a year to communities with more room to adopt.
The $1.4 million is new support meant to expand that flying. The 8,000 figure is the pace the organization already keeps, not a count of seats added by the grant on day one.
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Dog Is My CoPilot flies shelter animals from places that are too full to places where they have a better chance of being adopted. The group, tied to Jackson, Wyoming, already flies more than 8,000 animals a year. The ASPCA and a partner called IPAW are putting $1.4 million into the program over several years so more flights can happen. The $1.4 million is the new funding. The 8,000 is about how many animals the group already moves in a year, before this extra money is fully at work.
- Why fly a shelter dog to another state?
- What is the difference between money promised over several years and animals already flown?
- Why would one shelter be too full while another has room?
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