A volunteer crew from Mark Miller Subaru in Salt Lake City and the Utah animal rescue Nuzzles and Co. load Mark Miller’s plane with dogs and cats from the Towaoc Animal Shelter. The two groups joined in an effort to transport animals from the Towaoc shelter to the Salt Lake City area, where there is a greater demand to adopt pets. A caravan of Subarus came to Towaoc to help clear space in the shelter and to help the strays find new homes.

The noontime Thursday transport flight was the second one of the day. The first flight aboard the Mark Miller Subaru plane earlier in the morning focused on transporting puppies, cats, and animals in need of emergency medical care from Towaoc to Salt Lake City.

In total, the car dealership and nonprofit transported around 104 animals Thursday, according to Kathleen Weron from Nuzzles and Co. Of that number, 47 went on the first flight, 35 flew on the second, and the rest will ride to Utah on a nine-car “caravan of Subarus.”

Nuzzles and Co. seeks to complete one pet rescue mission a month. The Mark Miller Subaru plane allows the group to transport a higher number of animals, along with shortening the duration of the journey for high-need dogs and cats.