Become A Flight Buddy

become a part of an animal’s rescue journey

Do you have upcoming travel plans? We are looking for volunteers to escort pets from our partner rescues from all over the world. As a Flight Buddy, your role is to escort a rescue animal from one airport to the other. Our intake team will be available at each step of the process to make the journey as seamless as possible. All costs are covered by New Collar Collective or the partner rescue, and all animals will be traveling with necessary paperwork and vet care. The sending rescue will meet you at the departing airport and New Collar Collective volunteers will meet you once you land in Toronto so the animal can be placed into a loving foster home until we find them their forever homes.

We are currently looking for volunteers travelling by air to Toronto, Ottawa or Montreal from any of the following locations:

  • Bahamas - Nassau

  • Barbados - Bridgetown

  • Belize - Belize City

  • Canada - Winnipeg or Iqaluit

  • Cayman Islands - Georgetown

  • Columbia - Bogota

  • Costa Rica - San Jose

  • Dominican Republic - Puerto Plata

  • Greece

  • Honduras - Roatan

  • India

  • Jamaica - Ocho Rios, Kingston or Montego Bay

  • Mexico - Mexico City, Cancun, Huatulco or Puerto Escondido

  • Turkey

  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai or Abu Dhabi

  • United States of America - Miami, Houston, or Los Angeles

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Don’t see your departing city or country listed above? No problem, send us an email and we can look into options to help save an animal from your destination!

We are always looking for new rescues to partner with. If you are in contact with an animal rescue in a location other than those listed above, please let us know and we’d be happy to look into the transport of a cat or dog into our care from a different destination.

Please contact our intake team for details and questions - liz@newcollar.co

Please note that during the current COVID-19 pandemic, our top priority is the safety of all of our volunteers and doing our part to flatten the curve.  We are not endorsing non-essential travel and are currently only seeking volunteers with essential travel plans.

If you are interested in helping out, please fill out our application form below with your flight details.

Flight Buddy Application