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1:16Now PlayingPups on a plane: Man flies to save furry friends
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1:16Now PlayingThese dogs and cats were likely going to be euthanized, until Dog Is My Copilot came to their rescue. Armed with two small planes, Peter and Judy are flying shelter animals to forever homes hundreds of miles away.
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As shelters in the Phoenix area overflow with animals, a surgeon and a lawyer had an idea: Transport pups to areas that have more demand.
The problem is that Phoenix, which has recorded a temperature as high as 122 degrees, is as much as 1,000 miles from many of those places.
"Chihuahuas and pit bulls and cats are the most populated pets in Maricopa County," said outreach manager Erin Denmark of with HALO Animal Rescue, a Phoenix-based no-kill shelter. Finding a Chihuahua a home outside Arizona is easier than here because fewer are available for adoption elsewhere.
In 2012, lawyer Judy Zimet of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Dr. Peter Rork, a retired surgeon from Wyoming, decided to tackle this supply-and-demand problem. Zimet listened as Rork told her that his wife had died and he didn't want to work as an orthopedic surgeon anymore.
“He called me and said, ‘I don’t have the heart for this anymore. I just want to fly my airplane and save animals,' ” Zimet said.
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