What happens when two dog lover pilots meet a mama dog and her puppies who are about to be euthanized? Watch this recap of our December 8th mission to find out. A huge thank you to pilots @paulsullivn and Perrin who flew 17 dogs from Porterville, CA to our partners @thelabellefoundation and @pricelesspetrescue. #rescued #ameliaair #flyingdogs #losangeles
Lots of puppy hugs and kisses today on the runway today after Dean and Katy flew 13 Kentucky shelter pets up to Jersey! Big thanks to our friends at @humanesocietyac and @vaonjorg for the smooth rescue mission today!! 🐾✈️🤝
A dozen pet surgeries were completed today at our free spay & neuter clinic held at Terrebonne Parish Animal Shelter. Thank you to our veterinary pilot @flyingdogtor for organizing our regular free clinics and conducting all of the surgeries today! 🐾🩺👩🏻⚕️💙
This week, Amelia Air founder Dean Heistad, Amelia Air pilot Chris Miller, and local Leesburg pilots Gabe Muller and Tom Saxon have been hard at work organizing 15,000 pounds of supplies so far, including pet food, water and other essentials, for those impacted by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.
Many volunteers are helping to load planes in VA, which then fly down to Concord, NC and transfer supplies to helicopters which can bring the items closer to the front lines of the devastation in Asheville. This effort will be going on at least through the weekend 🙏🏻💙✈️
Huge day for Amelia Air’s spay and neuter program. Our volunteer vets spayed and neutered 📣Forty-two 📣 cats and dogs today in Bakersville, California! Our Spay and Neuter program provides our partner rescue orgs with much-needed services, helping to curb pet overpopulation and preparing the cats and dogs for adoption. Big shout out to Adi @flyingdogtor and her team of vet volunteers who made this happen today. 💙✈️🐱🐶 #spayandneuter #ameliaair #rescue
Amelia Air is celebrating 5️⃣ years of service!
Dean and Petra launched Amelia Air to fly shelter pets to safety in 2019 - so in honor of our fifth anniversary, and our namesake rescue dog Amelia’s 9th birthday, let’s take a look back at what Amelia Air has done so far:
✈️🐾 We’ve flown 1,865 pets from overcrowded shelters to no-kill rescues, where they find the perfect home.
🩺🏥 We’ve expanded into vet care, providing dozens of clinics in California and the South to spay and neuter hundreds of animals for free.
👫👫We’ve amassed thousands of followers and supporters through our sweepstakes and social media, and held events to bring the rescue community together.
📺 🗞️We’ve been featured in NPR, the LA Times, NBC, CBS, and ABC.
🐕🏠 We’ve worked to save animals with 80 amazing shelter and rescue partners.
✈️🧑✈️And we’ve flown a total of 170 rescue missions across the US and Mexico thanks to 25 volunteer pilots.
So from all of us on the Amelia Air Force, thank you for your support. We couldn’t do it without you! 💙🤝🩵
