Betty White Privately Paid To Fly Animals Out Of Aquarium After Hurricane Katrina

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/betty-white-aquarium-hurricane-katrina_n_61d485a3e4b061afe3ab97f7

The late Betty White’s love for animals has long been well known, but one particular act of generosity was mostly untold until this week.

The beloved “Golden Girls” star paid for a private plane to relocate otters and penguins from Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans in the aftermath of 2005?s Hurricane Katrina.

“We lost a conservationist, animal advocate, and friend,” the Audubon Nature Institute tweeted on Friday, the day White died at the age of 99. “When the penguins & sea otters were evacuated to [Monterey Bay Aquarium] for Hurricane Katrina, Betty White paid for the plane to relocate them. She did not ask for fanfare; she just wanted to help.”

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Tom Dyer, who local news station WWL identified as a caretaker for the aquarium’s birds when Katrina hit, recalled in a Twitter thread that Monterey Bay Aquarium in California agreed to take the penguins and otters. Those animals flew on a private plane out of Baton Rouge, Dyer said.

At the time, he knew only that an anonymous donor paid for the flight. It “leaked” years later that the benefactor had been White, Dyer said.

[polmaven]

1. In my opinion

She was one ultra superior person!! She will be sooooooo badly missed!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Who is surprised by this?

Betty White was a truly great lady who cared about animals

[Raine]

3. Such a beautiful person inside and out who'll be greatly missed by two legged, four legged,

feather, finned and scaled. 💔 This World needs more Betty Whites in it. 🙏

R-I-P Betty