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In this photo released by Virgin America, Chihuahua pups are escorted down the red carpet to board a Virgin America flight from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) so they can be adopted into loving homes on the East Coast -- on Wednesday, January 6, 2010. The overpopulation of Chihuahuas in California is forcing animal shelters on the West Coast to look to shelters on the East Coast for help. San Francisco-based airline Virgin America volunteered to fly the needy pups -- who would not have been able to find homes in California without the airlift. The Chihuahua's - from City of San Francisco's Animal Care and Control Agency, will be received at JFK by New York American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals representatives who will place the little dogs in adoptive homes.

(Photo by Virgin America, Bob Riha, Jr.)

06/01/10