Rescue flight moves 16 beagles from Janesville to East Coast rescues

A beagle from Ridglan Farms is seen before a rescue flight departs from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport transporting 16 Ridglan Farms beagles to animal rescues on the East Coast as Pilots To The Rescue works with Second Chance Rescue to facilitate the transfer on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

August Lim, a volunteer mission pilot with Pilots To The Rescue, loads dog kennels with beagles from Ridglan Farms for a rescue flight from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport bound for animal rescues on the East Coast, in coordination with Second Chance Rescue on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

Mission pilots with Pilots To The Rescue watch as Second Chance Rescue arrives with 16 Ridglan Farms beagles for a rescue flight at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport bound for the East Coast on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

A Pilots To The Rescue plane is seen at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport as it prepares to transport 16 Ridglan Farms beagles to animal rescues on the East Coast in coordination with Second Chance Rescue on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

Stephen Nur, a volunteer mission pilot with Pilots To The Rescue, loads dog kennels with beagles from Ridglan Farms for a rescue flight from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport bound for animal rescues on the East Coast, in coordination with Second Chance Rescue on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

From left, Second Chance Rescue volunteers Holly Rilinger, Liz Liguori, Vanessa Piazza unload dog kennels with beagles from Ridglan Farms for a rescue flight from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport bound for animal rescues on the East Coast, in coordination with Pilots To The Rescue on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

Second Chance Rescue volunteers Holly Rilinger, left, and Vanessa Piazza, right, unload beagles from Ridglan Farms for a rescue flight from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport bound for animal rescues on the East Coast, in coordination with Pilots To The Rescue on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

Second Chance Rescue volunteer Holly Rilinger, left, and driver Joseph Hunt, right, unload beagles from Ridglan Farms for a rescue flight from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport bound for animal rescues on the East Coast, in coordination with Pilots To The Rescue on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

Stephen Nur, a volunteer mission pilot with Pilots To The Rescue, loads dog kennels with beagles from Ridglan Farms for a rescue flight from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport bound for animal rescues on the East Coast, in coordination with Second Chance Rescue on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

A rescue flight departs from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport transporting 16 Ridglan Farms beagles to animal rescues in the East Coast as Pilots To The Rescue works with Second Chance Rescue to facilitate the transfer on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

August Lim, a volunteer mission pilot with Pilots To The Rescue, loads dog kennels with beagles from Ridglan Farms for a rescue flight from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport bound for animal rescues on the East Coast, in coordination with Second Chance Rescue on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

Pilots To The Rescue volunteer mission pilots Stephen Nur, left, and August Lim, right, loads dog kennels with beagles from Ridglan Farms for a rescue flight from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport bound for animal rescues on the East Coast, in coordination with Second Chance Rescue on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

Beagles from Ridglan Farms are seen before a rescue flight departs from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport transporting 16 Ridglan Farms beagles to animal rescues on the East Coast as Pilots To The Rescue works with Second Chance Rescue to facilitate the transfer on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

August Lim, a volunteer mission pilot with Pilots To The Rescue, loads dog kennels with beagles from Ridglan Farms for a rescue flight from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport bound for animal rescues on the East Coast, in coordination with Second Chance Rescue on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

A beagle from Ridglan Farms is seen before a rescue flight departs from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport transporting 16 Ridglan Farms beagles to animal rescues on the East Coast as Pilots To The Rescue works with Second Chance Rescue to facilitate the transfer on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

A beagle from Ridglan Farms is seen before a rescue flight departs from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport transporting 16 Ridglan Farms beagles to animal rescues on the East Coast as Pilots To The Rescue works with Second Chance Rescue to facilitate the transfer on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

Miles Teubert, left, a worker with Revv Aviation, helps Stephen Nur, right, a volunteer mission pilot with Pilots To The Rescue, load dog kennels with beagles from Ridglan Farms for a rescue flight departing Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport bound for animal rescues on the East Coast, in coordination with Second Chance Rescue on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

Miles Teubert, left, a worker with Revv Aviation, helps August Lim, center, and Stephen Nur, right, volunteer mission pilots with Pilots To The Rescue, load dog kennels with beagles from Ridglan Farms for a rescue flight departing Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport bound for animal rescues on the East Coast, in coordination with Second Chance Rescue on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

Stephen Nur, a volunteer mission pilot with Pilots To The Rescue, closes the cargo hatch as dog kennels with beagles from Ridglan Farms prepare to depart on a rescue flight from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport bound for animal rescues on the East Coast, in coordination with Second Chance Rescue on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.

A rescue flight departs from Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport transporting 16 Ridglan Farms beagles to animal rescues in the East Coast as Pilots To The Rescue works with Second Chance Rescue to facilitate the transfer on Saturday May 2, 2026 in Janesville, Wisconsin. The dogs will be placed with shelters and rescues where they will be cared for and matched with adoptive families.