Giuliana Rancic and her family are trying to get rescue pets out of overcrowded shelters and into loving homes for the holidays.
The entertainment reporter, 51, recently teamed up with Wings of Rescue, a nonprofit dedicated to providing free flights to rescue pets, and arranged for 109 dogs stuck in overcrowded California shelters to be flown to U.S. rescues that have a demand for adoptable pets.
Wings of Rescue provided the plane to make Rancic’s heartwarming plan possible. On Nov. 15, the 109 dogs spent a rainy morning getting loaded onto the aircraft at the Van Nuys Airport. The dogs then set out on a cross-country journey, stopping in Chicago, New York, and Maine. At each stop, some of the dogs deplaned to meet shelter representatives, fosters, and, in some cases, pre-approved adopters.
Giuliana, her husband Bill Rancic, and their son, Duke, all played a role in making the rescue flight possible and ensured the dogs had plenty of cuddles and kind words to last them until their final destination. The family even formed a welcome committee to greet the dogs as they got off in Chicago. And it was another member of Giuliana’s family that inspired the flight in the first place: her rescue dog, FiFi.
