Chicago restaurateur volunteers to fly rescue dogs and cats to their new homes

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published 30 October 2020

As a restaurateur, life during the coronavirus pandemic is stressful, but Eduard Seitan has found something that relieves tension: flying rescue animals to their new homes, all across the United States.

Seitan came to the United States in 1992 from Romania, and began working his way up at restaurants in Chicago. He eventually became a partner in One Off Hospitality Group, opening 11 restaurants. The pandemic has hit the industry hard, and they have had to close some restaurants permanently and furlough hundreds of employees.

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Seitan has two rescue dogs himself, and told Today he is in awe of how resilient the animals he meets are and their ability to trust. He recommends others get involved with volunteering because it "does so much to your soul," Seitan said, adding, "for me, because of my love for animals, it makes me feel so good and so complete and so happy at the end of the mission knowing that I helped an animal to get to a better life."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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