Rebecca and I took off in chilly, but otherwise ideal conditions for the rescue. We left from Frederick, MD where our airplane is based. Around 11:45, we could hear Steve who coordinated the first leg of the trip from Sanford, NC communicating with ATC just as we were making our own preparations for final at [...]

The two labs, Nikki and Cimba were found in a West TN Shelter by rescue lady April Dunning of Jackson, TN. Donna York of Cookeville, TN and Kelly Smith of Lab Rescue of Florida quickly came to the labs’ rescue and had them pulled and sent to a local vet for vetting. I was able [...]

From South Carolina To Weyers Cave, Stray Dog Finally Finds A Home January 27, 2012 By Samantha Cole, Daily News-Record Jack Ward pets Angus, a Border Collie mix who has had a pretty hard life. Thanks to the South Carolina-based rescue group Pilots N Paws, the dog was flown to Weyers Cave and into the [...]

The four cats came from Cairo, Egypt to Los Angeles, CA. Todd Underwood picked them up at Hawthorne airport in LA and flew them to Arizona on January 19, 2012. This is Todd’s second time helping with cats coming from Cairo and going to AJ’s Best Friends Persian and Himalayan Rescue in Gilbert, AZ. The cats [...]

A  nice big welcome to Brian Bond.  Brian, his wife Victoria, and a work friend Jack, completed their first Pilots N Paws mission recently. They picked up Beatle in Scottsdale, AZ, and flew him to Bakersfield, CA.  His new parents were waiting for their new family member and drove Beatle home to Madera, CA. Brian [...]

Ace was living in Tennessee with a family who had rescued him from a bad situation. They tried to find him a permanent home in their area but weren’t able to do so. Ace is deaf, and the family needed to find him a home with someone who was willing to take on a deaf [...]

Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com Two of Josh Jakobe’s passions are flying his airplane and helping animals. Jakobe, who is originally from Gardner but now lives in Wellsville, gets to combine those passions through his involvement in Pilots N Paws, a non-profit organization that transports pets from kill shelters to adoptive families hundreds of miles away. Jakobe, [...]

Special THANKS and SALUTE to wonderful Pilot N Paws members, Dick and Vicki Sipp, out of St Simons Island, Georgia who transported 11 sweet pups today from Bainbridge, Georgia to the Lakeland SPCA, Florida (thanks Patt) and also to C.C.F.A. (thanks Tara.) HUGS to Beth who transported the pups to the airport! You are ALL [...]

The flexibility of pilots and volunteers was revealed on this flight.  Jeff Parrott and Jim Carney left a day early to fly a rescue flight from Cookeville, TN to Sarasota, FL because the forecast for the next day was not good.  Everyone still made the trip happen even with the jumbled time frame. Their passengers [...]

PILOTS N PAWS RESCUE/from Pilot Scott MessingerTHIS WAS FOR RUFF START RESCUE, PET RESQ INC. and  ELEVENTH HOUR  RESCUE IN NEW JERSEY.   DOGS ALL CAME FROM RURAL NORTH CAROLINA AND INCLUDED:…A CLUB FOOT BEAGLE WHO HAD WITNESSED HIS SON GET RUN OVER AND KILLED…. THIS DOG WAS FOUND LAYING ON TOP OF HIS SON’S BODY [...]