Oil tycoon springs for flight to rescue dogs

San Francisco, CA - "The first major airlift of canine refugees from the hurricane battered Gulf Coast headed out of Louisiana on Sunday with about 80 dogs bound for new temporary homes in California. The Continental Airlines flight from Baton Rouge, La., was chartered for about $50,000 by Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens and his wife, Madeleine, in a movement dubbed by organizers as "Operation Pet Lift..."
Source: DailyBreeze.com, 9/12/2005