Rescues -- last-minute interventions to save lives --
are inevitable in a world where beings capable of compassion and grief are also capable of acting without regard for or understanding of consequences for themselves and life around them.
In this section titled "Rescues" you'll read about last-minute interventions by On Wings Of Care volunteers to save domestic animals and "pets" of all sorts -- animals who have, by desire or need, given their lives to be emotional companions and friends to human beings.
We also rescue wildlife, and you could say we also "rescue" wildlife habitat and entire ecosystems such as oceans and lakes, forests and jungles and pristine mountain ranges. These other kinds of rescues are described under the main menu section titled "Preservation."
Please take note of our Rescues in Progress -- the rescues of domestic animals that we are accomplishing currently. We cannot complete fully most of these rescues without your help; if we could, this website would not exist! So if you are of a mind and heart to want to rescue domestic animals in need and just need some guidance as to how you can best be of service, please read about the rescues we're working on now and see if you can help them happen. Every link in the chain of rescue is critical -- shelter, food, veterinary aid, transport, human contact and socialization, training, fostering, animal evaluation, home evaluation. Can you help with any of them? Try it, you'll LOVE it!
To understand what these rescues are about and what they mean to all involved, read some of our Rescue Tails. They are in chronological order, most recent at the top. If you want to read about a particular rescue you may have read or heard about, use the Search tool for keywords.
As of December 2011, we are starting an ambitious rescue transport program involving airlines, charter flight companies, and private pilots. We call it the Lend A Wing Program (it's not just a great idea, it's the L.A.W.!). Not only does this program provide the critical link of efficient transport for adoptable rescue animals who have real homes and real rescues awaiting them, it also provides pilots, charter companies, and airlines a powerful way to save on their flight operating costs and perform an invaluable charitable service. Read more about the L.A.W. here!
We'd love to hear from you -- please send us your feedback and suggestions and share with us and our readers your own rescue stories! And definitely contact us if we can help you accomplish some rescues. After all, deep down in our hearts, we are all rescuers, and we have all been rescued.
Follow Our Flights!
You can track our paths for several days after them, when we keep our GPS "SPOT" transmitter on "Track" mode. For the latest flights, see
For our latest journeys see (Track our flights).
Read about our completed rescues under Rescue Tails, and our most current rescues under Rescues in Progress!
Some of our recent favorites include:
JEREMIAH has come home to us!
2012 January 13
His adopter called to say she had become ill, and could we care for Jeremiah? You bet we could. We rented a plane and flew to Arizona and retrieved him immediately. Jeremiah was indeed a true friend, and we aim to be his true friends, too. He has been eating like crazy and slept his stress away for the first few days, and now he's acting like a young dog again. Read more here! 
CHAMP found at the airport!
2012 January 01
A sad, scared but dignified young Champ quickly won the hearts of everyone who met him at the New Orleans airport, and within two days we had permission from his original breeders to give him to a young couple with a younger female boxer mix, all of whom fell totally in love with him at first sight! Champ and Miss Princess are leading the good life now, and Champ's new dad finally has the fishing buddy he wanted! They tell us we made their dreams come true. We think they made Champ's come true, too.
Abby & Dinozo -- Two of a Kind!
2011 September--2012 January
Orphaned brother and sister, rescued and adored until calamity struck and they lost their family. Orphaned again, these gentle gems and perfect canine citizens found love and adventure with us until we found them their true forever home! Abby & Dinozo came with us to Washington January 7, and they were welcomed warmly and immediately into a home. Read more here! 
Yo! Get a Load of Yolo!
2011 November--2012 January
Left in the cold, high in the mountains of southern California, life was over before it had barely begun for this orphan teenager.
Little did he know, his adventures had only begun! As of January 7, it's back to snow but this time with a family who adores him, and lots of fun and play in the Pacific Northwest!
Saving Scarlett -- Love Forever at Last!
2011 August--December
Found on the streets, teats full but puppies absent, a battle-torn very hungry pitbull.
Hardly that sought-after doggie in the window.
But after we brought Miss Scarlett home to love and food, warmth and stuffed animals,
we discovered a warm heart and sweet spirit that changed us forever.
Gunner and Cain - A Very, Very Long Journey Home and the Happiest Reunion Ever!
2011 July--September 29, A Joyful Reunion At Last!
Here they are during their flight with four other dogs Sep 29 (New Orleans to Oakland, CA, fuel stop in Roswell, NM). .JPG)
And here's a photo from the happiest reunion ever!
More photos and updated videos here!
Ten dogs from death row to Canada!
Sheba-Cosette - this lovely lady waited a lifetime!
(2011 June) 
Jeremiah - a true friend finds a new lease on life!
(2011 May) 
Two Giant Dogs & three cats reunited with their family on Whidbey Island, WA
(2011 April)
Chihuahuas "Betty" & "JellyBean" fly to their rescue in Bremerton, WA!
(2011 April)
New Year's Rescue: 33 dogs & cats are flown to rescue in the Pacific Northwest!
(2011 January)
Hounds fending for themselves for years in Alabama fly to rescue in Arizona!
(2011 Mar)
Romo & Stanley are flown to safe havens in Arizona!
(2011 Mar)
NEWS!
Aerial Monitoring of the Gulf, 2012
Our Gift for YOU for 2011!
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from your heart, out! 
Aerial Monitoring of the Gulf, 2011
OIL:
Fri Dec 30
Tue Dec 20
Fri Dec 09
Sat Nov 12
Sun Sep 25
Wed Sep 21
Tue Sep 13 - USCG
Sun Sep 11
Sat Sep 10
Wed Sep 07
Tue Aug 30
Thu-Fri Aug 25-26
Fri Aug 19
Fri Jul 01
Thu Jun 16
Sat May 14
Fri May 06
Thu Apr 21
Sat Mar 26
Wed Mar 23
Tue Mar 22
Mon Mar 21
Sun Mar 20
Sat Mar 19
Fri Mar 18
2011 Sep 25, Sunday
2011 Sep 15, Thursday
2011 Sep 11, Sunday
2011 June
Aerial Monitoring of the Gulf, 2010
Humpback Whales!
Galapagos Veterinary Support
Galapagos vets do much with little,
thanks to true friends who shipped a TON of supplies and meds from the U.S. in June, 2011.
Alabama
2011 April --
“Man can no longer live for himself alone. We must realize that all life is valuable and that we are united to all life. From this knowledge comes our spiritual relationship with the universe.”
-Albert Schweitzer
