The Sato Project 2019 Program Report
Two years have passed since Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico. The Sato Project is working to address the crisis of abandoned and suffering animals on the island through rescue and community outreach programs. This report highlights our impact on the island over the past year, as well as stories of some of the animals and people we have helped.
Two years have passed since Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico. The Sato Project is working to address the crisis of abandoned and suffering animals on the island through rescue and community outreach programs. This report highlights our impact on the island over the past year, as well as stories of some of the animals and people we have helped.
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When Chrissy Beckles first started rescuing stray<br />
dogs from Puerto Rico, she began by rescuing one dog<br />
at a time. Gradually, her efforts grew from one dog a<br />
month, to one dog a week, to hundreds, and then over<br />
a thousand dogs a year. Our strategy remains the same.<br />
One beach has been cleared. Gradually we hope this<br />
will evolve from one beach at a time, to one community<br />
at a time, to one city, and to one county, until the entire<br />
island is cleared and every sato has a loving home.<br />
Since Fall of 2018 we have rescued,<br />
rehabilitated, and flown almost 400<br />
dogs from Puerto Rico to the mainland.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se ‘Freedom Flights’ either<br />
take place as privately chartered<br />
airplanes containing anywhere from<br />
30-150 dogs, or as a handful at a<br />
time on commercial flights.<br />
FLYING TO FREEDOM<br />
Our team was determined to save as many lives as possible before the height of Puerto Rico’s hurricane season<br />
began at the end of August. A critical part of our hurricane preparedness plan included organizing the biggest<br />
transport ever in our history, a mission we dubbed Mission Possible 10. On August 18th, <strong>2019</strong>, two airplanes<br />
filled with a combined 240 rescued animals (221 dogs and 19 cats), flew from San Juan, Puerto Rico to one of<br />
several stops along the East Coast. Once on the ground, every dog was greeted by their new forever family,<br />
foster family or one of our trusted shelter partners.<br />
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Photo by NYC Pet Photographer/Stacey Axelrod<br />
Photo by NYC Pet Photographer/Stacey Axelrod
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