The Concho Valley Paws Animal Shelter was overrun with dogs and collaborated with the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland to find new homes for them.
WESTBROOK, Maine — We hear a lot about dogs and cats being brought from the southern United States to shelters in Maine. How does a mission like that happen? It takes many hands on both ends of the journey and a nonprofit that connects it all: Wings of Rescue.
Moving day began at dawn for 55 dogs and 11 cats at the Concho Valley PAWS Animal Shelter in San Angelo, Texas. Among those about to make the flight was 10-week-old Demi, one of 8 pups in her litter. Along with all the others, she was crated and transported from the shelter onto a runway.
This mission came together quickly. A few days earlier, Jeana Roth, the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland‘s director of community engagement, was on a Zoom call with …