Pilots fly ‘death row’ California dogs to safety
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A dog at Front Street Animal Shelter is loaded into a crate in Sacramento
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Front Street Animal Shelter's foster rescue coordinator Rhoades gives deworming medication to a dog in Sacramento
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Front Street Animal Shelter animal care technician Channell holds a dog in Sacramento
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Front Street Animal Shelter animal care technician Roberson loads a dog into a crate in Sacramento
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Front Street Animal Shelter's Rhoades and Baker prepare a dog for a flight in Sacramento
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Front Street Animal Shelter animal care technician Channell holds a dog in Sacramento
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A dog is loaded into a crate at Front Street Animal Shelter in Sacramento
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Dogs from the Front Street Animal Shelter are loaded for a flight in Sacramento
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Volunteer Yee checks the documents for 50 dogs from the Front Street Animal Shelter in Sacramento
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Volunteer Betsy Mahan comforts a dog from the Front Street Animal Shelter ahead of a flight in Sacramento
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Front Street Animal Shelter's Rhoades and Channell prepare a dogs for a flight in Sacramento
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Wings of Rescue co-founder Smith loads dogs from the Front Street Animal Shelter into a plane in Sacramento
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Wings of Rescue co-founder Smith loads dogs from the Front Street Animal Shelter into a plane in Sacramento
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Wings of Rescue co-founder Smith loads dogs from the Front Street Animal Shelter into a plane in Sacramento
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Dogs from the Front Street Animal Shelter are loaded for a flight in Sacramento
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Volunteer Yee checks the documents for 50 dogs from the Front Street Animal Shelter in Sacramento
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Dogs from the Front Street Animal Shelter sit in crates in Sacramento
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Dogs from the Front Street Animal Shelter sit in crates ahead of their flight in Sacramento
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In December, a number of pilots from Wings of Rescue flew private planes on a volunteer mission to transport abandoned animals. They were moving them away from so-called kill shelters in California to states with high demand for dogs and rescue centres with policies against putting pets to death. The flights organized by the nonprofit group are part of a growing national effort to save abandoned pets and strays in the U.S.