Husband and Wife Team Find 100 Dogs Homes
Submitted by Elaine Sheh
I am on the Board of Island Animal Alliance, a small Bridgewater-based rescue founded by President, Niki Dawson, that pulls abandoned dogs and cats from Puerto Rico and transports them to New Jersey where they are placed in loving homes. Puerto Rico has over 500,000 dogs that roam the streets with no access to food or veterinary care. As a result of this “stray dog epidemic,” municipal shelters are constantly euthanizing these street dogs. My husband, Marc, and myself, with the help of several rescue groups in Puerto Rico, identify which dogs (and often cats) are going to be transported, arrange flights as well as receiving partners here in New Jersey. We then pick them up at Newark Airport and bring them to our home in Warren where receiving rescues await them. All this is funded through fundraising and by charitable donations.
Early August marked our 100th dog that we (as husband and wife team) transported from Puerto Rico in just 7 months into 2021.
