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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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Volunteers save dogs from a flooded Alaska village, 1 tiny plane at a time

After a nonprofit that helps rehome animals learned that 50 to 100 dogs might be abandoned, it chartered a plane to evacuate them.

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The other Alaska airlift: Volunteers save dogs from a flooded Alaska village, 1 tiny plane at a time

A nonprofit in rural Alaska is working to rescue dogs from Kipnuk, a village hit hard by Typhoon Halong.

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The Columbian broke the news in Vancouver, United States on Friday, October 17, 2025.
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