Michael Schneider runs an organization that flies rescued animals to new homes. The aircraft's noise, vibration, and reduced oxygen make them sleep during the flight, then they wake to meet their adoptive families. Many come from hoarding situations or abuse, and without adoption they face euthanasia.
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That's the power of our organization because we never could own enough planes or do enough rescues, but we can at least get the message out there that we're still euthanizing all these animals and you need to open up your home and your heart to adopting an animal or more than one if you can. Once we get them in the crate and we start the engine up, the noise and the vibration, um, combined with the less oxygen as you continue to climb in the aircraft, there's less oxygen available, but they they get tired, you know, because less oxygen. They just go to sleep. But when we get to the other end, they get really excited. Their tails are wagging. They get to get out of the crates. And you can see the transformation happen, even in that short period of time. That's what makes it extremely rewarding and fulfilling to do this type of work, is because I've seen them transform just in one trip. Because the people receiving them on the other end are just so happy to see them. And they're coming from what, you know, presumably really bad situation, whether it's hoarding, overcrowded, abuse, neglect. So I think they feel the energy