Celebrating 10 Years of The Sato Project
When The Sato Project was founded in 2011, our work began by rescuing one dog at a time from Dead Dog Beach. 10 Years later we have flown and vetted over 6,000 dogs from the streets and beaches of Puerto Rico to loving homes on the mainland. We have also spay/neutered and vaccinated over 7,500 animals and distributed 136K lbs of disaster relief supplies across the island in the wake of Puerto Rico's multiple natural disasters. None of these accomplishments would have been possible without the support of our #satostrong community. Read this special edition 10th Anniversary Program Report for The Sato Project's full story.
When The Sato Project was founded in 2011, our work began by rescuing one dog at a time from Dead Dog Beach. 10 Years later we have flown and vetted over 6,000 dogs from the streets and beaches of Puerto Rico to loving homes on the mainland. We have also spay/neutered and vaccinated over 7,500 animals and distributed 136K lbs of disaster relief supplies across the island in the wake of Puerto Rico's multiple natural disasters. None of these accomplishments would have been possible without the support of our #satostrong community. Read this special edition 10th Anniversary Program Report for The Sato Project's full story.
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TRANSPORT TEAM
bigger. Mission Possible 1 was 30 dogs flying together
on a commercial flight. With support from Philanthropist
and Animal Rights Activist Georgina Bloomberg, Mission
Possible 7 in 2016 was our first privately chartered airplane.
Thanks to the partnership of The Humane Society of the
United States (HSUS) and Wings of Rescue, by Mission
Possible 8 in 2017, we had escalated to flying 210 dogs at
once across two private airplanes.
This flight marked the beginning of a lifechanging
friendship between The Sato
Project and Wings of Rescue.
Founded by Ric Browde in 2012, Wings of Rescue is an
organization that specializes in flying animals from areas of
high euthanasia rates to other parts of the country where
animals have a much higher chance for adoption. Since
Mission Possible 8, we have continued to partner with them
on nearly all of our privately-chartered transports. This
partnership has allowed us to continue flying even more
dogs off the island at once and even lend support to other
organizations and animals in need.
The Sato Project has always been limited in how many
dogs we can rescue at a time. Our veterinary clinics and
foster homes are often filled to capacity, which means at
times we cannot rescue any more satos until we fly others
off the island. Since each one of our dogs is on their own
veterinary and rehabilitation schedule, sometimes we do
not have enough dogs ready to fly at once to fill a huge
Photo by @NYCPetPhotographer
Photo by @NYCPetPhotographer
airplane. When this happens, we reach out to other rescue
organizations on the island. As long as their satos have also
passed our required vetting protocols, we are happy to
help fly and place them in homes or mainland shelters too.
Another dog off the island is another life saved. By flying
animals on behalf of other organizations, this means we
have flown hundreds of rescued cats too!
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Photo by @NYCPetPhotographer
Once they arrive on the mainland, every dog or cat is
welcomed by a trusted shelter partner, foster family, or
adoptive family that is already approved and ready to
welcome them home to their new lives.
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