An animal rescue organization based in Nova Scotia rescued 28 dogs and more than 40 cats on a trip to Georgia this month. It was part of their broader plan to save animals from over-crowded shelters that resort to euthanasia, known as “high-kill shelters,” and give them a second chance. “We’re a really small team of people and we try to do rescues at least four times a year,” says Daniela Arreola Gala, rescue operations co-ordinator for Fly With Me. The group works with shelter partners mostly in the United States and some in Mexico. “They call us for help and we go down there, we’ve been going to south of Georgia a lot lately cause they have just such a bad over-crowding shelter problem,” Arreola Gala explained to CTV Your Morning Atlantic’s Crystal Garrett. She says all the cats from the trip except two have found their forever homes. “For the dogs only six have been adopted, but we received a lot of good applications, so we’ve just been working through them,” Arreola Gala says. She herself has been fostering a small pooch named Fig. “Fig was found as a stray on the streets of Georgia, he has a lot of separation anxiety. He likes to be close to his people and I think he still has the fear of being abandoned again,” she says. She envisions a calm, patient future home for Fig, likely with someone who works from home or won’t leave him for long periods of time. A medium-sized dog named Paquito is also searching for a forever home. “I brought him from Mexico City, he was with an independent shelter after being found as a puppy on the streets with his siblings and he was at that shelter for over a year, all of his siblings got adopted and he didn’t,” Arreola Gala says. She describes him as being a little shy at first but very loyal. “Once he trusts you, he will be inseparable from you,” she says. More information about the organization and animals looking for homes are available at the Fly With Me website. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
