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Entries by Kara Pollard

Rescue stories that will warm your heart

Thanks to you, this year we flew 2,741 dogs and cats to safety and also celebrated flying our 10,000th passenger! We are so incredibly grateful for the lifesaving work that people like you and our partners make possible throughout the year.  This heartwarming video documents the arrival of a few very special passengers!  Sugar, Kona, […]

Holiday Honor Gift

This holiday season, there is no better way to express your love for family, friends and their furry companions than by donating in their honor to Dog Is My CoPilot. Make your gift extra special by sending a personalized Dog Is My CoPilot holiday E-card along with your donation. No stamps or shipping required— just […]

Shrek and Fiona find their fur-ever home! #GivingTuesday

Giving Tuesday is on November 27, and we wanted to share a story about two very special Dog Is My CoPilot passengers to celebrate this global day of giving back! Shrek and Fiona were found abandoned in the Central Valley of California with only a handful of food and suffering from a terrible case of mange. […]

#GivingTuesday – Save the Date!

SAVE THE DATE – November 27! Dog Is My CoPilot is excited to announce we will be participating in #GivingTuesday! You might be wondering what is Giving Tuesday? Giving Tuesday is a social media driven global day of giving that is celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday […]

SNIP (Spay Neuter Imperative Project)

Did you know that Dog Is My CoPilot flies out of the Central Valley once/week transporting on average over 400 animals from this one location alone per month?! That gives you a rough idea of the number of animals that need rescuing from overcrowded shelters that are at risk of being euthanized simply because there […]

#AdoptAShelterDogMonth

October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, which means it’s the perfect opportunity to help animals in shelters all across our nation find loving, happy homes! Ideally, the best way to celebrate would be to adopt a shelter dog. However, if you are unable to do so, spread the word. Volunteers and donations are welcome, […]

Emergency Animal Rescue Flight

In the early morning of Saturday, October 20th a vehicle transporting 47 dogs from overcrowded Texas animal shelters heading to rescue organizations and adopters in Montana and Washington was involved in a car accident on I-25 in Douglas, Wyoming. The transport vehicle was totaled and with mangled cages and terrified dogs attempting to escape the […]

Dog Is My CoPilot Celebrates Arrival of 10,000th Passenger

On Sunday, Aug. 5, Dog Is My CoPilot celebrates the arrival of its 10,000th passenger. Hobbs, as he’s been named by DIMC co-founder Peter “The Pilot” Rork, is a lovable 8-year-old Chocolate Lab. Peter met Hobbs on his way to San Antonio, Texas. He’d made a brief landing in Hobbs, N.M., to drop off crates […]

Partnering Together to Save Lives

At Dog Is My CoPilot we believe collaboration with shelters and animal rescue organizations is key to ending the euthanasia of adoptable animals in shelters across America. And we value our partnership with each and every group we work with! Not only are our animal rescue partners key to solving the pet overpopulation problem but […]

3 Ways to Be a Hero

When you adopt a dog or cat that needs a forever home, you are saving a life, and it doesn’t get much more heroic than that! According to the ASPCA, about 1.5 million dogs and cats are euthanized annually in the United States. Every dog successfully adopted is a life saved. The distribution of animals […]