Dog Adoption Wny

make an emergency landing on a golf course in santa monica. new at 4-- dozens of rescued animals now have a safe haven in western new york. they were

Dog Adoption Wny, flown here on a "wings of rescue" flight on valentines day. news 4's angela christoforos has the story.

angela. christy dozens of dogs and cats had quite a journey, traveling hundreds of miles to eventually land here in western new york. the spca serving erie county celebrated valentine's day by showing love to these animals - taking them in and saving their

lives. nearly 400 animals were flown to safety during a valentines day adoption run. these dogs and cats came from high intake shelters in tennessee, mississippi, and arkansas ((we are one of several third parties involved in this

situation there's an amazing group called wings of rescue and they were working with the humane society of the united states and the spca serving erie county is one of the emergency placement partners.)) the spca was able to take in 29 animals from the

wings of rescue transport. ((they were coming from an organization in arkansas and it was a humane society but like we see quite often in the south, animal welfare in the south is very different than animal welfare here in the north.)) gina browning says these dogs

and cats came from overcrowded shelters and poor conditions. ((there are humane societies that start out with the best of intentions maybe with a manageable number of animals and all of a sudden they find themselves in a position of having 7,8, 900 animals))

browning says the animals are currently being evaluated and getting used to a new routine. ((some of the older dogs are having a little bit of trouble relaxing they had a rough day yesterday with the transport.)) this rescued kitten adam has already been neutered and he'll

be going up for adoption soon. some of the other cats are already available for adoption. ((the fact that we had the room to accept a transport of this level is a testimony to a community that backs us up.)) as soon as staff are done evaluating the dogs they will

also be going up for adoption. the spca will be moving from it's location in

tonawanda to a new location in west seneca in late march where they will have more space to better accomodate animals. live