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Volunteers save dogs from a flooded Alaska village, 1 tiny plane at a time
Volunteers are flying up to 15 dogs per flight from remote, flood-damaged villages to shelters with plans to reunite pets with owners after Typhoon Halong, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, volunteers flew dogs from Kipnuk, Alaska, to Bethel, Alaska, organizing small-plane evacuations separate from the human airlift.
- With flooding from remnants of Typhoon Halong damaging homes in 11 rural communities, state officials said pets were not allowed on military evacuation flights, prompting volunteer rescues.
- Chartered single-propeller planes carried dogs in plastic boxes while teachers fed, crated, and tagged them; veterinarian Susan Shaffer Sookram greeted four dogs, including one named Happy.
- Bethel Friends of Canines received dogs throughout the week, raised more than $22,000, and Elliott said at least eight dogs reunited with owners in Anchorage by Thursday.
- Because there are no roads connecting the towns and many homes may be unlivable until next summer with snow forecast this month, owners must prepare temporary lodgings in Anchorage and Nome, more than 250 miles away.
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Dogs reunited with owners after Alaska typhoon floods
Dozens of dogs left behind when military evacuation flights during Typhoon Halong did not allow pets have been rescued by a local non-profit, Bethel Friends of Canines. The organization chartered planes to airlift the animals to safety as communities recover from record-breaking floods.
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