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\"Transports are generally done on Saturdays or Sundays when volunteers are more readily available,\" Metz explained, adding that his team facilitates moves of animals from high-kill shelters up and down the East Coast on a weekly basis.

The entire transport took 20 volunteers, 30 stops in nine states and three volunteers who were willing to keep Jake overnight during the trip, according to Metz.

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