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

VETERINARIANS IN ALASKA RECEIVED A SPECIAL DELIVERY THIS WEEK.

UPSOUND (English): “YOU MADE IT.”

AS OFFICIALS EVACUATE MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE FROM REMOTE VILLAGES ON THE COAST OF THE BERING SEA, ONE NONPROFIT THAT HELPS REHOME ANIMALS HAS CHARTED A PLANE TO HELP EVACUATE MISSING DOGS.

BETHEL FRIENDS OF CANINES HAS RECEIVED DOGS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AS PEOPLE ARE FLEEING THEIR HOMES.

AT LEAST EIGHT DOGS HAD BEEN REUNITED WITH OWNERS AS OF THURSDAY MORNING AND THE ORGANIZATION WILL HELP TO CONTINUE THAT WORK AS FAMILIES SETTLE INTO TEMPORARY LODGING IN CITIES LIKE ANCHORAGE.