A dog waits to be transported to a shelter in another city on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 in El Cajon, California. Twenty-nine dogs and two cats came from the San Diego Humane Society and 15 dogs from Orange County Animal Care. (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Photos: Animal airlift
U-T photographer Ana Ramirez captures an emergency flight carrying about 48 adoptable pets from the San Diego and Orange County humane societies bound for shelters in northern California and Oregon.
Elise Korican with Greater Good Charities, left, and Megan Tavallodi with Orange County Animal Care, help load dogs that will be transported to shelters in other cities onto a plane on Friday in El Cajon. Twenty-nine dogs and two cats came from the San Diego Humane Society and 15 dogs from Orange County Animal Care. (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune)People load dogs that will be transported to shelters in other cities onto a plane on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 in El Cajon, California. Twenty-nine dogs and two cats came from the San Diego Humane Society and 15 dogs from Orange County Animal Care. (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune)A dog waits to be transported to a shelter in another city on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 in El Cajon, California. Twenty-nine dogs and two cats came from the San Diego Humane Society and 15 dogs from Orange County Animal Care. (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune)A cat waits to be transported to a shelter. (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune)Jeremy Colborn with Greater Good Charities helps load dogs that will be transported to shelters in other cities onto a plane on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 in El Cajon, California. Twenty-nine dogs and two cats came from the San Diego Humane Society and 15 dogs from Orange County Animal Care. (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune)xx with Greater Good Charities helps load dogs that will be transported to shelters in other cities onto a plane on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 in El Cajon, California. Twenty-nine dogs and two cats came from the San Diego Humane Society and 15 dogs from Orange County Animal Care. (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
