When dogs fly: Casper Humane Society receives planeload of rescued Texas pups

CASPER, Wyo. – The old adage that everything’s bigger in Texas unfortunately doesn’t apply to some animal shelters, which aren’t big enough to handle the influx of homeless pets.

Fortunately, the Casper Humane Society – along with the nonprofit Dog is My CoPilot flying rescue service – was able to help relieve one overcrowded shelter in Abilene, Texas, of 19 pups, some of whom literally hours from euthanasia.

Casper Humane Society Executive Director Craig Cummings said they’ve been working with Dog is My CoPilot for several years now. “They reach out to us and let us know what their flight schedule is going to be for the season, and it just so happened this spring our small dog area kind of emptied out,” he said.

Casper Humane Society staff help unload 19 dogs flown in by the nonprofit Dog is MyCoPilot on Friday, April 11. The dogs were rescued from a shelter in Texas and will be offered for adoption here. (Courtesy Casper Humane Society via Facebook)

“So we though we’d go ahead and work with the transport and bring in some small dogs, [because] there’s a high demand for them here in Casper and there aren’t that many in the shelters.”

The Casper staff started communicating with the Abilene staff to identify appropriate dogs for the transfer. During that process, the local shelter suddenly saw an influx of small dogs come in. “It was almost completely empty before the flight came, then it was completely full,” he said. “Luckily we have our second building here on the property so we’ll be able to house all of the dogs and also help people in the community.”

There are a few medium-sized dogs in the batch, but most are smaller dogs. Craig said they shouldn’t have any problem rehoming the medium dogs, but small dogs to tend to more popular. “Unfortunately it’s the larger breeds here in Casper that we have so many of and just don’t get adopted as quickly,” he said.

A staff member greets one of 19 dogs rescued from a Texas animal shelter on Friday, April 11. (Courtesy Casper Humane Society via Facebook)

The dogs arrived on Friday, April 11, and have been quarantined to make sure they’re healthy and disease-free.

“They’re still in that quarantine period, but as soon as they come available we’ll post that on our Facebook page and I’m sure they’ll get adopted really quickly,” said Craig. “So far they’re all doing well and I anticipate that they’ll be available soon.”

“It’s always exciting,” he added, “especially since a lot of the dogs that we were able to tag were on the urgent list, meaning that their time at the shelter is limited and in fact some of them were in their last hours before possibly being euthanized.”

So while almost everything in Texas might be big, the hearts of Casper’s dog lovers are bigger yet.

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When dogs fly: Casper Humane Society receives planeload of rescued Texas pups

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