Nearly 50 dogs and cats will be airlifted from Dallas-Fort Worth to shelters in Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming on Saturday June 5.

The efforts are made possible through partnerships between national nonprofit Petco Love, Dog Is My CoPilot and local shelters including PAWS of Jackson Hole, Aska’s Animal Foundation of Victor and Teton Valley Community Animal Shelter.

Some at-risk animals from Texas now have homes in Oregon thanks to a rescue flight that started in El Paso and ended in Portland. Wondercide founder/CEO Stephanie Boone has all the details.

Dozens of dogs touched down in the Portland area on Wednesday. They made their way from Texas, hoping to start a new life here in the Pacific Northwest with their forever families.

More than 40 at-risk shelter dogs were flown from El Paso to Portland, Ore. Wednesday morning to be hand-delivered to adoptive and foster families.

The flight was run by Dog Is My CoPilot, a national nonprofit that transports animals from overcrowded shelters to adoption centers in other geographic regions.

After receiving nearly 100 animals in a week, Best Friends Animal Society is looking for foster families. On Tuesday, 35 cats arrived by private plane from Casper, Wyoming, shuttled by Dog Is My Copilot, a nonprofit that transports at-risk animals from overcrowded shelters to areas that can better find them a loving home.

The Animal Adoption Center (AAC) welcomed seven dogs from Laredo, TX into their rescue and adoption program on Wednesday, Feb. 24. While this transport marks the first from Laredo in 2021, it is the 16th rescue mission the AAC has completed with Texas groups in the past year.

Throughout the country, nearly 6.5 million dogs and cats enter animal shelters each year. But while a shelter in Dallas might have too many potential pets to handle, another shelter in Jackson, Wyoming, may have a long list of hopeful adopters waiting for a chance to give a dog or cat a forever home. That’s where animal transport nonprofit Dog Is My Copilot comes in, to connect the dots.

Peter Rork is a saint. 8 years ago, he co-founded Dog Is My Co-Pilot, a 501(c)3 that transports at risk animals from overcrowded shelters to adoption centers in other geographic regions where loving families are waiting.

To date, Peter and DIMC have has saved 16,728 animals…and counting.

More time working from home gives pet owners more time with their four-legged companions. According to The Washington Post, beginning mid-March, “Shelters, nonprofit rescues, private breeders, pet stores—all reported more consumer demand than there were dogs and puppies to fill it.”

Yesterday, Dog is My CoPilot paid an unexpected visit to Columbia Gorge Regional Airport in Dallesport when weather and logistics rerouted them from their usual stop in Troutdale. Dog is My CoPilot is a non-profit organization dedicated to the safe transport of at risk animals in overcrowded shelters at no cost.

Dog is My Co Pilot joins the Ruff Talk team to talk about their mission to rescue pets around the nation

It was such a pleasure welcoming Peter Rork, co-founder of Dog Is My CoPilot, Inc., to our Home! Watch as he shares how he helps thousands of animals move from overcrowded shelters across the country to ones that have room and love to spare.

Pilot Peter Rork, a retired surgeon, flies high-risk rescue animals from overcrowded shelters to adoption centers through his nonprofit Dog Is My CoPilot.

Dr. Peter Rork isn’t just using his pilot’s license as a hobby; he’s using it to save animals.

Every now and then, a unique concept comes down the pike, expressed by an individual who had an original thought, and I just have to slap my forehead and say, “Why didn’t I think of that?” For example, I spend lots of time trying to come up with creative ways to help resolve our clear-and-present pet overpopulation problem.

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) -A group of animals are taking off in hopes of finding a forever home in other communities across the country.

Since last month, the Laredo Animal Care Services along with a non-profit called “Dog is My Co-pilot” has been helping the pets in our community find a new place to call home.

A total of 93 dogs and cats were taken from the shelter to a home in just hours.

STAR, Idaho (CBS 2) — When Tim Toy with Mountain America Credit comes knocking on your door, it’s good news.

He knocked on Shannon Bennecke’s door to hand over a $500 Pay It Forward.

Shannon is the founder of Green Heart Rescue. In just its first two years, Green Heart has taken in 70 dogs from around the west that would otherwise die in a shelter.

“CBS This Morning” had an animal rescue segment on their Sunday show that featured some local shelter dogs on their journey to their forever homes. If you caught the latest episode of “CBS This Morning” on Sunday, you may have noticed a familiar animal shelter being highlighted during the show. The show did a feature on one rescue dog’s journey from the Sun City to his forever home in Oregon.

Dog Is My CoPilot, a nonprofit air transport organization, just celebrated saving its 15,000th animal passenger.

“S’mores” just happened to be part of a well-loved group of 17 animals in El Paso, Texas. Her owner passed away this spring and the family was overwhelmed by the care needed to support all the pets. El Paso Animal Services was able to assist the family with their pets and knew she would be a good candidate for their transport program with Dog Is My CoPilot.

Pilot group to fly Waco shelter dogs to Idaho for adoption.

Ryker and Tori wasted no time mixing it up Monday as they burst in to Waco Animal Shelter play yard, running and roughhousing with each other.

The young, mixed-breed dogs need more wide-open spaces than the shelter kennels can give them, and they stand a good chance of getting it as they board a plane to Idaho on Wednesday.

They are among 10 Waco dogs hitching a ride to the Northwest with an animal rescue group Dog Is My CoPilot, Inc.

With its own pet population controlled, Jackson Hole comes to the aid of other animals.

The 8-month old shepherd/mastiff thumped her tail and looked out of her crate as the tailgate opened on the gray GMC Denali. The staff of the Animal Adoption Center peered in, greeting the big dog with coos and a few “good girls.”

Her transport, loaded with puppies rescued by the Lander Pet Connection, arrived on a day in late May. Two litters of puppies also traveled in the vehicle, five tiny furballs snuggled in a lump with another puppy next to the driver for extra comfort on the three-hour drive.

The Big Dog that set wheels down at Atlantic Aviation Monday night didn’t have stewardesses decked out in face masks handing out pretzels. Nor were any of its passengers wearing seatbelts.

And the 12 who got off in Sun Valley had no idea that they had just landed in doggie heaven.

Dog-Rescue-R-Us is a non-profit rescue group that started in January of 2019 and has cut down on the number of animals the shelter is having to put down.

ODESSA, Texas — West Texas has been dealing with an overpopulation of homeless animals for years.

Last year, the Odessa Animal Shelter put down over 3,000 animals.

Dog-Rescue-R-Us is a non-profit rescue group that started in January of 2019 and since then they’ve made a huge dent in the number of animals the shelter is having to put down.

GREEN RIVER — Over the past 10 years, the Green River Animal Control (GRAC) has made it their mission to improve their ability to rescue animals; and by doing so they’ve created a rescue network where they can work with other agencies to ensure animals find good forever homes.

Lydia Holmes, Animal Control Officer (ACO), started with the GRAC about eight years ago and has worked tirelessly to make connections with rescue organizations across the state, as well as other states, to help rescue as many animals as possible.

LAS CRUCES — A former Las Cruces shelter dog is heading for the small screen after being drafted in this year’s Puppy Bowl XVI. It’ll air Sunday on Animal Planet before the evening’s big game.

Dracula is an adorable 6-month-old, standard bull terrier mix who was impounded at Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley as a stray along with her mom, Meena, and her brother Biggie, on July 9, 2019.

JACKSON, Wyo. — On November 14, a local organization, Dog Is My CoPilot, will be honored along with six other organizations at the Petco Foundation’s Lifesaving Awards in San Diego, Calif.

Dog Is My CoPilot, which could also be referred to as one man with a small plane and a big heart, will be presented with the Love in Action Award. This award recognizes and celebrates an organization that put their love into action to save animals across the country.

JACKSON, WYO – Wednesday morning at 11:30am Peter Rork aka “Pilot Peter” founder and chief pilot of Dog is My Copilot, landed at the Driggs-Reed Memorial Airport, with him 44 dogs on an adventure for new homes. Peter is relocating the dogs from the Maricopa County Animal Care and Control center in Phoniex, AZ. Driggs was not his first or his last stop of the day today, first stop was in Utah where a receiving agency took 25 of the 69 dogs. Wednesday afternoon he was headed to Spokane, WA as his final destination on this relocation mission. Peter donates 100% of his time, flying 2 flights a week April through October.

Volunteers with San Antonio Pets Alive helped load several dogs this morning to be transported to Colorado to find forever homes.