A volunteer pilot known for helping transport rescue animals to shelters died in a plane crash in the Catskill Mountains in New York on Sunday while transporting three dogs to a no-kill shelter.

One of the two dogs that survived a plane crash in New York that killed the pilot who was transporting rescued dogs as well as another dog is being treated in Connecticut. Whiskey, a 4-month-old Labrador mix,

A volunteer pilot flying three rescue dogs to a care facility in upstate New York died along with one of the dogs after his plane crashed in the state's Catskill Mountains, according to officials.