{"id":383846,"date":"2026-07-23T13:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/383846\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:55:19","slug":"wings-of-rescue-flight-leaves-north-texas-for-texas-hill-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/383846\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wings of Rescue\u2019 flight leaves North Texas for Texas Hill Country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">ADDISON, Texas &#8211; A plane full of pet supply donations will arrive in the Texas Hill Country soon to help those affected by the deadly flooding last week.<\/p>\n<p> Wings of Rescue Humanitarian Flight   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/p-payton-wings-of-rescue-humanitarian-flight_00.00.28.44.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">On Thursday, Wings of Rescue volunteers spent the morning loading 18,000 pounds of donations onto a plane on a private airstrip in Addison.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The plane will deliver pet food, veterinary supplies, pet crates, and other essentials for pets to the areas impacted by the floods.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Wings of Rescue, a nonprofit organization dedicated to flights that help at-risk pets, said many shelters in the Texas Hill Country are far beyond capacity as families deal with the loss of their homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The organization coordinated with the Humane Society of North Texas, Operation Kindness, the SPCA of Texas, and other supporters to collect donations.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;Best Friends Animal Society, along with Austin Pets Alive are going to be unloading, and from there, they will distribute directly to the families who are in need. I mean, it&#8217;s just so well orchestrated. I can&#8217;t say enough. It&#8217;s not our first rodeo,&#8221; said Cassie Davidson with the Humane Society of North Texas.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">This is just one of the organization\u2019s several disaster response missions.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Wings of Rescue has already transported some shelter pets out of Central Texas to create more kennel space there.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Volunteers are also helping to reunite lost pets with their owners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: FOX 4&#8217;s Payton May gathered information for this story by meeting with volunteers who were loading the plane in Addison on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/dallas-county\/addison\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Addison<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/pets-animals\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pets and Animals<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/weather\/severe-weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Severe Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/good-day\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Good Day<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ADDISON, Texas &#8211; A plane full of pet supply donations will arrive in the Texas Hill Country soon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8872,581,19425,223,5163,4375,27,29,28,216,393,172],"class_list":["post-383846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-addison","tag-dallas-county","tag-good-day","tag-news","tag-pets-animals","tag-severe-weather","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tx","tag-us","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}