Flying to forever… One pup at a time.

Welcome to

Fly To Freedom Dog Rescue

Flying to forever... one pup at time.

We believe that an island dog from Anguilla is the perfect companion. Find your best friend, adopt a Fly To Freedom Dog Rescue dog, and save a life. 

ABOUT US

Flying to forever...

Fly To Freedom Dog Rescue is a U.S.-based nonprofit dedicated to rescuing homeless dogs from Anguilla and placing them in loving foster and forever homes across the United States.

We specialize in mixed-breed island dogs—often called “Coconut Retrievers” or “Potcakes”—ranging from 30 to 50+ pounds and made up of multiple breeds.

Before travel, every dog is examined, vaccinated, altered and cleared for flight by Morlens Veterinary Clinic in Anguilla and each is entering the U.S. per the CDC and USDA guidelines. 

Once ready, dogs fly either via cargo to Newark or Miami or in-cabin with volunteer escorts to various U.S. cities. 

As a no-kill rescue, we’re committed to saving lives and giving every dog a second chance.

Join us—help bring these pups home to freedom.

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Make a Donation

Fly To Freedom Dog Rescue is entirely donor-funded. Your generous contributions cover the full cost of each dog’s care—including vaccinations, medications, boarding, flea, tick, and heartworm prevention, travel supplies, and airline tickets (both commercial and cargo) to the U.S.

Every donation is 100% tax deductible and directly supports our mission to save lives.

QUESTIONS

FAQ

You will fill out the adoption application and then hit the submit button. Within 2 days you will be contacted by our Adoptions Director who will schedule an interview with you and call your references, including a veterinary doctor reference, to learn more about you. The vetting process takes about 3 days and once complete an adoption contract, including directions to pay the adoption fee, will be emailed to you for signature.

$575 per dog. Adoption fee is includes veterinarian vetting, examining, boarding, vaccines, spay or neutering, various heartworm and giardia tests, two months of preventative flea, tick and heartworm medicines, collar, leash, travel kennel,  travel water bowels, peepads, cargo airline ticket, and on-the-ground handling and transport fees. 

Fly To Freedom Dog Rescue works with Morlens Veterinary Clinic in Anguilla to observe, exam, vaccinate, provide preventive treatments, board, and prepare dogs for travel and adoption in the U.S. All of our dogs are observed for five days on intake, vetted, examined, given various tests, medicines and preventives by the clinic’s veterinarians. The dogs board at the clinic from the first day they enter the clinic until the day they fly to the U.S. They may be in the clinic for a couple weeks to a couple of months. U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines are followed and our dogs enter United States Customs with appropriate paperwork and legal documentation. Anguilla is a rabies and Lyme disease free country. 

No. Filling out the adoption application is the first step in applying to adopt a dog. An approval decision is based on your home environment, your interview with our adoptions director, and a positive reference check.

One week. Fly To Freedom Dog Rescue has a volunteer Adoptions Director who process applications over three days. Please be patient and know that our Adoptions Director will be in touch with you within 2 days after you submit your adoption application.

Fly To Freedom Dog Rescue is a foster-based organization. Our dogs are in loving foster homes, and we allow for meet-n-greets with the foster parent and dog once you are officially approved to adopt from Fly To Freedom Dog Rescue. 

Once you are approved to adopt, sign your adoption contract and pay the adoption fee, you will pick your adopted dog up from the foster parent’s home or an airport. Or if one of our dogs is flying to you via the Pilots and Paws program, you will pick up the dog at your local airport. 

Whether you adopt an older dog or a puppy, we advise you to follow the “3-3-3 Rule” when getting your newly adopted dog acclimated: 3 days of feeling overwhelmed and nervous. 3 weeks of settling in. 3 months of building trust and bonding with you. Please be patient when adopting a new dog and do not judge the dog on the first day of bringing he/she home or when meeting the dog during a meet-n-greet. 

Purina Puppy Pro formula has the proper amount of nutrients the dogs need to develop and grow. 

No. Fly To Freedom Dog Rescue does not have a veterinary doctor on staff in the United States to provide care following adoption. Rather, we require adopters to take their new dog to their veterinary clinic of choice within 5 days of adoption to establish care and continue flea, tick and heartworm preventives. 

Yes. Fly To Freedom Dog Rescue saves and pulls dogs from a kill-shelter in Anguilla (and occasionally St. Martin), where the dogs’ time “expires” due to lack of space and resources. Fly To Freedom Dog Rescue SAVES and RESCUES the dogs who are scheduled to be euthanized with those kill-shelters. Should one of the dogs we pull and adopt from those kill-shelters fall seriously ill or end up with extreme aggressive behavior that can’t be trained or becomes a liability, our team will discuss options for those dogs including possible euthanization, as that may be the best and most humane option for the dog. But to date, no dog has ever been euthanized with Fly To Freedom Dog Rescue.

Want to Become a Foster Parent?

As a foster-based nonprofit, Fly To Freedom Dog Rescue is always looking for compassionate foster parents across the U.S. If you’re interested in opening your home to a rescue dog, simply complete our foster application. Once received, we’ll schedule a phone or video call to get to know you and guide you through the approval process.

TESTIMONIALS

What They Say

WHAT WE DO

How We Prepare Our Dogs for Adoption

Fly To Freedom Dog Rescue handles every step of the journey to give our dogs a better life. We provide medical care and prepare them for travel from Anguilla to the U.S., where they can be adopted. Behind the scenes, we work tirelessly to recruit and support dedicated foster families, promote each dog for adoption, and carefully vet potential adopters to ensure every pup finds the perfect forever home.

A New Home

We take adoption seriously and look for adopting individuals and/or families who are going to make a 110% commitment to adopt one of our dogs and provide the dog everything he/she needs (and more!).

Safe Environment

While a fenced yard is not necessary to adopt one of our dogs, we do look for forever homes where the dog is in the best home environment and with a yard. We will do a video visit/tour of your home and property to learn and see the environment that our dog will be living in. If you have other pets currently living your home we want to understand how you plan to safely introduce a newly adopted dog.

Vaccinating & Testing

Our dogs are vetted, approved, vaccinated (for rabies, distemper, hepatitis, leptosporosis, parvovirus, parainfluenza), and prepared for travel by Morlens Veterinary Clinic in Anguilla. All of the dogs will be tested to rule out diseases. Appropriate medical treatments will be given in Anguilla if the dogs should require. It is possible, but not often, that a dog will need to finish a medicine in the U.S. in the foster home.

Providing Preventatives

When our dogs arrive to Morlens Veterinary Clinic in Anguilla on 'Day 1' for intake and observation, both heartworm and flea and tick prevention are administered to every dog. Preventative treatments are continued to be administered to each dog until the dog flies to the U.S. Preventative treatment is also provided to each foster parent.

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Meet our Team

Leigh Fazzina

President, Founder, Board of Directors

Dave Straub

Business Advisor, Founder, Board of Directors

Rebecca Taillon

Accountant & On-Island Adoptions Coordinator
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