Bennett is not your typical pilot. He volunteers for Pilots N Paws (PNP), a national nonprofit that provides free transportation for any animal who has a home waiting. "We widen the field where adoption can take place," Kate Quinn, PNP's executive director, told The Dodo.
PNP was founded in 2008 and has more than 5,000 volunteer pilots who fly more than 15,000 rescued animals every year, and not just dogs and cats. Birds, donkeys, snakes, pigs and even a dolphin have flown
He once transported a pregnant dog who gave birth later that evening, just after he dropped her off.
Another pilot helped transport a bear cub named Cinder whose paws were severely burned in a wildfire on the West Coast. She was found crawling on her arms and legs by a homeowner. A PNP pilot flew the bear to receive medical treatment.
To date, Bennett has flown almost 5,000 animals, even working with the Coast Guard to help bring sea turtles to the Southeast from the Northeast because of temperature changes in the Atlantic Ocean.
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