Lafayette shelter pets hitch a ride to freedom and life
Posted at 2:01 PM, Apr 19, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-19 15:15:32-04
Some of Lafayette s homeless animals got a ride to the East Coast today, where they can look forward to new homes instead of euthanasia.
In honor of Heartworm Awareness Month, on April 19 (Lafayette) and April 20 (New Orleans) three planes will safely airlift 120 at-risk shelter dogs, with 50% of the dogs being asymptomatic heartworm positive, from Louisiana to Morristown, N.J. and Fort Lauderdale, Fla, into care and new adoptive homes. The aim is to reduce shelter euthanasia in overcrowded shelters by preventing and treating heartworm disease in shelter dogs, while transporting adoptable asymptomatic heartworm-positive dogs to safety.
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Greater Good Charities with Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, and The Animal Rescue Site to .
Greater Good CharitiesApril 14, 2021 GMT
Seattle, April 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) In honor of Heartworm Awareness Month, Greater Good Charities, in cooperation with Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, the maker of HEARTGARD® Plus (ivermectin/pyrantel), and The Animal Rescue Site announced today the launch of the Good Flights program. The goal is to transport 2,000 shelter dogs from Louisiana, where they are at risk of euthanasia, to new homes on the East Coast. That number includes 1,000 asymptomatic heartworm-positive dogs. The program is part of the Greater Good Charities’ Save a Heart initiative, which aims to reduce shelter euthanasia in overcrowded shelters by preventing and treating heartworm disease in shelter dogs, while transporting adoptable asymptomatic heartworm-positive dogs