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That amazing network of humans that transports dogs from places they are not wanted to places where they might find a better life has lost one of its members.

Catherine Bugg, while driving an eight-week-old puppy named Elyse from Tucumcari to Amarillo, was killed when her car ran off the road in an ice storm. The puppy died, too.

When Bugg did not show up to hand Elyse off for the next leg of her journey, the organization Rescue Road Warriors did some checking and got the grim news from state police.

Bugg’s vehicle had spun out of control in the freezing rain and slammed into a center median, bursting into flames.

Bugg was described by friends as a warm, friendly, cheerful woman who was dedicated to animals, according to Examiner.com.

Elyse, the dog she was transporting, had been abandoned at a shelter in Tucumcari and was headed across the country to a shelter where her chances of getting adopted were better.

Donations in Bugg’s memory can be made to Tucumcari Animal Hospital, 101 N. 10th St., Tucumcari, NM  88401.