March 17, 2025 • 7 mins
Dr. Brian Rambarran is a surgeon in Buffalo, New York who uses his pilot skills and love for animals to rescue pets from around the country. His most recent trip resulted in two mother dogs and 19 puppies. They were brought to Big Dog Ranch Rescue in Palm Beach County and Crossed Paws Pet Rescue in Winter Haven.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, Joel Malcolm for w j n O dot com,
the Florida News Network and quite the story of survival
of rescue. We're gonna chat right now with Brian rambaron Uh.
He is not only a surgeon but also a pilot. Brian,
thank you for joining me.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Hi, Good morning, Joel.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
So you did some rescues where Ashville and where else
did you rescue some of these? These are? These are
puppies and and and mom dogs?
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Yeah, so I picked up the dogs in Nashville, North Carolina.
Sad story. One of the moms, she was malnourished, ended
up leaving the situation, ended up getting hit by a
car and talking about being a survivor. She made it
to someone else's house and delivered nine puppies.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Is this is this connected in any way to the
devastation last year in uh in Ashville? Regarding the weather.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Well, I'm sure that's part of it. You know, in Ashville,
I was at a big storm. So you know, people
are still in the rebuilding phase right now. So I'm
not putting blame on anybody, but a lot of the dogs,
you know, ended up abandoned or they're just not being
cared for because people have other things that are more
pressing that they need to take care of, but you
know the animals still need attention.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
How did you become aware?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
So I fly and work for an organization called Pilots
and Pause, and Pilots and Pause links pilots to rescues.
I ended up getting linked up to a rescue down
in North Carolina about a year ago and developed a
good working relationship with them. And they take in a
lot of animals, a lot of strays, a lot of
(01:46):
animals that are abused, animals that need specialty medical care,
our animals that come from other areas, maybe natural disasters,
et cetera. They reach out to me, We'll set up
the flights, coordinate care, and I'll bring the dogs need.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
To go, all right? So in this case, how many
dogs were rescued in total?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
So in total in this flight we rescued twenty five.
There was one mother and her nine five day old
puppies that went to Palm Beach. There was one mother
and ten of her puppies that went to winter Haven, Florida.
And then I brought four puppies back.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
To Buffalo, New York. And that's your home base, right,
that's my Homebiese. Now what determined or who determined which
animals went where? Yeah, great question.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
So Christy, who is the animal advocate that I work
with in North Carolina. She works with nowhere's ark and
Shelter Alliance Transport. They set up the flights with me,
and they set up the rescuers who are going to
adopt and foster these dogs.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Okay, so they set it up with it. In this
case in Palm Beach County, we're talking about Big Dog
Ranch Rescue locks of Hatchy Groves, and they do a lot.
They do a lot, and they do a lot of rescues,
many of them on their own. I know, they have
their own volunteers that go around the country too.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yeah. Yes, yeah, they're actually a great organization. This was
my first time working with them, and uh, you know
they're doing they're doing a real service. You know. The
dog that we brought them was sick. She actually is
gonna need surgery. She's unfortunate to need an amputation. This
was the mother dog with her nine puppies. But Big
Dog Ranch Rescue, they stepped up. They're going to provide
(03:32):
for her. They're going to take care of the surgery.
You know. Get these puppies, uh, to get them up
to you know, an age where they can ultimately be adopted.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Tell me about this organization and you're you're a part
of is it pilots and pause?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yes, pilots and pause. Yeah. The website and so uh
that again links pilot to different rescue organizations. That's what
initially got me started in the rescues.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Yeah, I mean you're you're a surgeon by by career path, correct.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
That's correct. Yes, I'm a urologist based out of the Buffalo,
New York area.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
So what yeah, what did what did end up making
you say, you know, I want to you know what
you obviously I'm assuming had your pilot's license already, and
then said, you know, i'd like to I'd like to
help out animals as well as humans. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Yeah, I was kind of marrying two different passions of mine.
One was flying and one was animals and animal rescue.
And I came across this website, you know, maybe a
dozen years ago, and it was a perfect fit. Since then,
I started just doing missions and flying and it became
what I say, this is my golf on the weekends,
you know, instead of going golfing, I use my hopefully
(04:42):
my services to help save animals and it's kind of
a win win.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Well, Brian, let me ask you twenty five animals total?
I know we said ten animals. The mom and nine
puppies went to the local one here West Palm Beach
in Palm Beach County, and then the others went to
a rescue in winter Heavin. Where do what does this
stack up as far as in the amount on one trip?
Twenty five?
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Yeah, so this is my biggest trip I've ever done.
Normally I'll fly anywhere from maybe ten to eighteen animals
to given the size, It depends on how big the
dogs are. Some of the trips have only done one
or two because there were larger dogs. This was my
new record at twenty five. But you know, nine or
ten of them. Nine of them were five day ol
(05:25):
puppies so they were quite small, so it's easy to
fit them in the airplane. But you know, I don't
have a larger plane. I wish I had a bigger
one to be able to get more dogs moved faster,
but on average I e ten to maybe fifteen dogs
or so, Brian.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
So one final question for you, and I may you
probably don't determine this obviously you do the picking up
and the flying and the dropping off. But what what
is your understanding as far as how long before some
of these animals may be put up for adoption?
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Yeah, so typically I think they're like await at least
twelve months or so, or twelve months, sorry, twelve weeks
rather before they're up for adoption. But you can contact
the rescue, you know, for more information about when they're
to actually be ready. I think there's varying factors, but
it's gonna be at least about you know, a few months.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
So all right, and we want to get information out
about pilots and pause as well, so make sure you
send me that link. We can put it on our website.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Yeah, I will. And I also have my own rescue
called Rambarren Rescues as well that I set up to
help fund some of the flights that we do.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
So that's Rambarn Rescue Rescues.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Yeah, Rambarn Rescues dot Org.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
All right, awesome, we'll get that and we'll get that
included as well. All right, And when did you form that?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
I formed that last year. Actually got the five O
one C three status in October of last year, I
did a video that went viral and since then people
were commenting that they wanted to help and donate. And
I never really had a rescue foundation. I just did
it on my own. I used my own money and
(07:04):
I just did it. And people were sending me actually checks.
There were mailing checks to my business address, mailing checks
to me. And I didn't feel right just taking people's money.
So I ended up creating just the Rescue Foundation to
be able to accept it. And you know, people wanted
to donate, so I took it. I said, well, you know,
we'll certainly put it to good use. And you know,
(07:24):
one hundred percent of the funds goes to the rescue
so and it is a tax deductible entity.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
All right, Well, we appreciate you taking the time to
join us, and I really appreciate the all of the work.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
I appreciate you. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
All right, we will get the word out again. Brian
Rambarn ram Barn rescues dot org here on wj no
o dot com.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
You got it. Thank you very much,
Hey, Joel Malcolm for w j n O dot com,
the Florida News Network and quite the story of survival
of rescue. We're gonna chat right now with Brian rambaron Uh.
He is not only a surgeon but also a pilot. Brian,
thank you for joining me.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Hi, Good morning, Joel.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
So you did some rescues where Ashville and where else
did you rescue some of these? These are? These are
puppies and and and mom dogs?
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Yeah, so I picked up the dogs in Nashville, North Carolina.
Sad story. One of the moms, she was malnourished, ended
up leaving the situation, ended up getting hit by a
car and talking about being a survivor. She made it
to someone else's house and delivered nine puppies.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Is this is this connected in any way to the
devastation last year in uh in Ashville? Regarding the weather.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
Well, I'm sure that's part of it. You know, in Ashville,
I was at a big storm. So you know, people
are still in the rebuilding phase right now. So I'm
not putting blame on anybody, but a lot of the dogs,
you know, ended up abandoned or they're just not being
cared for because people have other things that are more
pressing that they need to take care of, but you
know the animals still need attention.
Speaker 1 (01:20):
How did you become aware?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
So I fly and work for an organization called Pilots
and Pause, and Pilots and Pause links pilots to rescues.
I ended up getting linked up to a rescue down
in North Carolina about a year ago and developed a
good working relationship with them. And they take in a
lot of animals, a lot of strays, a lot of
(01:46):
animals that are abused, animals that need specialty medical care,
our animals that come from other areas, maybe natural disasters,
et cetera. They reach out to me, We'll set up
the flights, coordinate care, and I'll bring the dogs need.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
To go, all right? So in this case, how many
dogs were rescued in total?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
So in total in this flight we rescued twenty five.
There was one mother and her nine five day old
puppies that went to Palm Beach. There was one mother
and ten of her puppies that went to winter Haven, Florida.
And then I brought four puppies back.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
To Buffalo, New York. And that's your home base, right,
that's my Homebiese. Now what determined or who determined which
animals went where? Yeah, great question.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
So Christy, who is the animal advocate that I work
with in North Carolina. She works with nowhere's ark and
Shelter Alliance Transport. They set up the flights with me,
and they set up the rescuers who are going to
adopt and foster these dogs.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Okay, so they set it up with it. In this
case in Palm Beach County, we're talking about Big Dog
Ranch Rescue locks of Hatchy Groves, and they do a lot.
They do a lot, and they do a lot of rescues,
many of them on their own. I know, they have
their own volunteers that go around the country too.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Yeah. Yes, yeah, they're actually a great organization. This was
my first time working with them, and uh, you know
they're doing they're doing a real service. You know. The
dog that we brought them was sick. She actually is
gonna need surgery. She's unfortunate to need an amputation. This
was the mother dog with her nine puppies. But Big
Dog Ranch Rescue, they stepped up. They're going to provide
(03:32):
for her. They're going to take care of the surgery.
You know. Get these puppies, uh, to get them up
to you know, an age where they can ultimately be adopted.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Tell me about this organization and you're you're a part
of is it pilots and pause?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yes, pilots and pause. Yeah. The website and so uh
that again links pilot to different rescue organizations. That's what
initially got me started in the rescues.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Yeah, I mean you're you're a surgeon by by career path, correct.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
That's correct. Yes, I'm a urologist based out of the Buffalo,
New York area.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
So what yeah, what did what did end up making
you say, you know, I want to you know what
you obviously I'm assuming had your pilot's license already, and
then said, you know, i'd like to I'd like to
help out animals as well as humans. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Yeah, I was kind of marrying two different passions of mine.
One was flying and one was animals and animal rescue.
And I came across this website, you know, maybe a
dozen years ago, and it was a perfect fit. Since then,
I started just doing missions and flying and it became
what I say, this is my golf on the weekends,
you know, instead of going golfing, I use my hopefully
(04:42):
my services to help save animals and it's kind of
a win win.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Well, Brian, let me ask you twenty five animals total?
I know we said ten animals. The mom and nine
puppies went to the local one here West Palm Beach
in Palm Beach County, and then the others went to
a rescue in winter Heavin. Where do what does this
stack up as far as in the amount on one trip?
Twenty five?
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Yeah, so this is my biggest trip I've ever done.
Normally I'll fly anywhere from maybe ten to eighteen animals
to given the size, It depends on how big the
dogs are. Some of the trips have only done one
or two because there were larger dogs. This was my
new record at twenty five. But you know, nine or
ten of them. Nine of them were five day ol
(05:25):
puppies so they were quite small, so it's easy to
fit them in the airplane. But you know, I don't
have a larger plane. I wish I had a bigger
one to be able to get more dogs moved faster,
but on average I e ten to maybe fifteen dogs
or so, Brian.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
So one final question for you, and I may you
probably don't determine this obviously you do the picking up
and the flying and the dropping off. But what what
is your understanding as far as how long before some
of these animals may be put up for adoption?
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Yeah, so typically I think they're like await at least
twelve months or so, or twelve months, sorry, twelve weeks
rather before they're up for adoption. But you can contact
the rescue, you know, for more information about when they're
to actually be ready. I think there's varying factors, but
it's gonna be at least about you know, a few months.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
So all right, and we want to get information out
about pilots and pause as well, so make sure you
send me that link. We can put it on our website.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Yeah, I will. And I also have my own rescue
called Rambarren Rescues as well that I set up to
help fund some of the flights that we do.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
So that's Rambarn Rescue Rescues.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
Yeah, Rambarn Rescues dot Org.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
All right, awesome, we'll get that and we'll get that
included as well. All right, And when did you form that?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
I formed that last year. Actually got the five O
one C three status in October of last year, I
did a video that went viral and since then people
were commenting that they wanted to help and donate. And
I never really had a rescue foundation. I just did
it on my own. I used my own money and
(07:04):
I just did it. And people were sending me actually checks.
There were mailing checks to my business address, mailing checks
to me. And I didn't feel right just taking people's money.
So I ended up creating just the Rescue Foundation to
be able to accept it. And you know, people wanted
to donate, so I took it. I said, well, you know,
we'll certainly put it to good use. And you know,
(07:24):
one hundred percent of the funds goes to the rescue
so and it is a tax deductible entity.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
All right, Well, we appreciate you taking the time to
join us, and I really appreciate the all of the work.
Speaker 2 (07:35):
I appreciate you. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
All right, we will get the word out again. Brian
Rambarn ram Barn rescues dot org here on wj no
o dot com.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
You got it. Thank you very much,
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