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BY JO SINGER | NOVEMBER 22, 2013 Photo by Jeff Bennett Jeff Bennett with his family and just a few of the pups he has rescued. In 2008, pilot Jeff Bennett was volunteering at a Key West animal shelter when he came across an article in an aircraft magazine about a newly launched nonprofit […]
Congratulations PNP Pilot Jeff Bennett on flying your 2,000th animal to safety! We’re so proud of you and have loved watching you fly so many to new homes over the years. Jeff is pictured with “Bennett’s Boots” formerly named Shaggy, but renamed in honor of being such a big milestone for Pilot Jeff. When asked […]
Copyright © 2013 Albuquerque Journal Angel and Crystal, an inseparable pair of white German shepherds, acted as though they’d been flying in small airplanes their entire lives. The girls, ages 8 and 4, respectively, watched patiently as Dan and Zia Telfair readied their Cessna 182 Skylane at Double Eagle Airport a few days ago, then […]
The first ever air-delivery of a rescue animal to Grand County took place on Oct. 12, to deliver an 11-week old puppy to a Grand County resident from a high-kill shelter in Utah. His new owners Shea Murphy and Matt Bowen, of the Granby area, named the tri-colored border collie mix puppy Jed and say […]
Friends of Ashe County Animals published “1 Day, 2 Planes, 11 Lives Changed Forever…Thank You, Pilots N Paws!” on September 15, 2013. On August 30, 2013, the world changed forever for a family of 11 Lab-mix dogs from Ashe County NC thanks to the generosity of pilots from Pilots N Paws who flew the […]
On October 7, 2013, Amy Jo Martin with Tidewater Review wrote the story “Pilots N Paws program makes stop at Middle Peninsula Regional Airport” covering Operation Special Delivery. According to the U.S. Humane Society, four million cats and dogs, about one every eight seconds are euthanized in shelters each year. Thanks to Pilots N Paws’ Operation Special […]
