Bonnie Christiansen, left, of Snohomish watches Tarek Husevold of Bellingham Aviation Services deliver her new dog "Katie" she is adopting from California after a plane flown by volunteers with Wings of Rescue delivered 61 dogs to adopting families, the Alternative Humane Society of Whatcom County and Canadian animal adoption groups at the Bellingham International Airport ,Monday, December 10, 2012. The animals were rescued from California shelters and were flown to the Northwest during Operation Animal Airlift, a Wings of Rescue operation to save 300 dogs in California animal shelters by flying them to adoption groups in the Northwest. The Alternative Humane Society took eight dogs that will be put up for adoption locally. For more photos go to BellinghamHerald.com PHILIP A. DWYER — THE BELLINGHAM HERALD Buy Photo