PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. - FOX 5 has reported many times on the crowded conditions at north Georgia animal shelters and rescue organizations with too many dogs and cats and too few people adopting. More than two dozen dogs and cats got a fresh start when they took to the air on their way to New Jersey and New York thanks to a nonprofit organization called Pilots to the Rescue.

Georgia animal shelters overpopulated

What we know:

Georgia shelters might be packed, but not so in New York and the northeast states, where these lucky dogs and cats were heading to a better life and a much better chance of adoption.

Dogs like Ella, who was a stray in Worth County. She was found last month with no chip and possibly had no chance of adoption.

A snapshot taken aboard the Pilots to the Rescue plane s

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