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Press Highlights
2024
“We Saved Each Other: How Rescue Dogs Help Us Through Hardship,” by Christopher Dale, McFarland Publishers
2024 Puppy Bowl: Dogs Up For Adoption Go Head-to-Head, Today Show
2023
130 Abandoned and Abused Pets Find Loving Homes for the New Year Thanks To Rescue Flight, People Magazine
Dogs from Puerto Rico flown into Morristown Airport to receive treatment, find new homes, News12
2022
Stray dogs and cats from Puerto Rico arrive in New Jersey after Hurricane Fiona, News12
300 Homeless Pets Rescued from Puerto Rico and Brought to U.S. on 'Freedom Flights', People
2021
‘Love Is In the Air’ Rescue Is Flying 190 Homeless Pets to Forever Homes for Valentine’s Day, People
Rescued dogs from Puerto Rico meet forever families in Westchester, News12
Wings of Rescue teams up with The Sato Project to bring adoptable dogs to New York, amNY
2020
Inside The Sato Project’s Efforts to Rescue Puerto Rico’s Stray Dogs, TIME
Coffee company giving homeless dogs an extra shot of love, Good Morning America
130 Dogs and Cats Flown from Crowded Shelters and Life on the Streets into Forever Homes, People
‘Sato Project' Dogs Arrive From Puerto Rico to New York, NBC4NY
COVID-19 Is Affecting Shelter Dogs — For Better and For Worse, Inverse
No Dogs Left Behind: The Sato Project in Puerto Rico, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
In Photos: The Rescuing of Dogs in Puerto Rico, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
They Go the Distance, The New York Times
Stray animals abound in Puerto Rico following crises, LatinAmericanScience.org
The Power of Social Media: Why It Is a Game Changer for Dog Rescue Groups, This Dog’s Life
Over 100 Pets Airlifted from Overcrowded Shelters in Puerto Rico to Find homes in Mainland U.S., People
Displaced dogs from earthquake-stricken Puerto Rico Heading to New Jersey, News12 New Jersey
Homeless dogs from Puerto Rico Arrive in New Jersey, PIX11 News
Rescued pets from earthquake-ravaged Puerto Rico end up at East Coast shelters, Fox News
Dogs saved from earthquake-ravaged Puerto Rico up for adoption in New Jersey, ABC7 Eyewitness News
Dogs Left Homeless by Earthquakes in Puerto Rico Arrive at NJ Animal Shelter, CBS
Brooklyn-based organization works to help dogs affected by Puerto Rican Earthquakes, News12 Brooklyn
Southampton rescue dog to appear in Dog Bowl on Animal Planet, Western Mass News
2019
Podcast Interview: Chrissy Beckles: Golden Gloves Boxer in the Fight of her life: Saving the dogs of Puerto Rico, Species Unite
Puppy Bowl XV: Winner Takes All, Animal Planet
Why you can’t miss Puppy Bowl 2019, CNN
How To Adopt The 2019 Puppy Bowl Puppies, Because These Dogs & Many Others Deserve A Good Home, Bustle
6 Perros Satos Boricuas Partciparan en el Puppy bowl & Llamado A Lin-Manuel Miranda, El Nuevo Dia
2018
They are resilient like the people': Meet the four-legged survivors of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, NY Daily News
One Year After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico’s ‘The Sato Project’ Readies Spayathon Round Two, ShelterMe.tv
Puerto Rico Dogs Heading to Mainland, NBC4 New York/Telemundo
The Great Puerto Rico Doglift, Village Voice
Reunited and It Feels So Good, People Magazine
First-ever 'Spayathon' Kicks Off in Puerto Rico, Veterinarian’s Money Digest
Puppies rescued by Brooklyn group will raise awareness for Puerto Rico in Puppy Bowl, ABC7 Eyewitness News
2017
Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico’s ‘Dead Dog Beach’ and the effort save its pups, Washington Post
Woman’s heroic crusade to save dogs left for dead in Puerto Rico, New York Post
More Than 50 Dogs Rescued from Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico Flown to NYC Adoption Event, People
Volunteer pilots are flying planeloads of dogs and cats out of Puerto Rico, Today
Group Devoted to Puerto Rico’s Stray Dogs is Flying Dozens to Safety, Huffington Post
2015
Rescue from Dead Dog Beach: protectors of Puerto Rico's canines are on a mission, The Guardian
Hundreds Of Unwanted Pets Have Been Dumped On 'Dead Dog Beach', The Dodo
Saving pups from 'Dead Dog Beach', CNN
2014
Hope for the Lost and Abandoned Dogs of Puerto Rico, NPR, The Animal House, WAMU 88.5
2013
Fighting for Hope: Chrissy Beckles and The Sato Project Step Into The Ring for Man’s Best Friend, Design Sponge
Puppy Bowl Includes Rescues from Puerto Rico's Dead Dog Beach, ABC News
2012
Christina Beckles Saves Abandoned Dogs - And Packs a Punch, Refinery 29
From Boxing Champ to Slum Dog Advocate: The Woman Behind The Sato Project, Vet Street
Operation Paws, The New York Times