Tom & I cussed & discussed *VBG* and decided it would just be too expensive
right now.
I checked & learned, it would cost about $400 + buying a

  Any way you could get a transport going?  Get her out of the shelter and
have people set up to drive legs on the journey?  There are people from
rescues who coordinate these legs.  If that could be done then the only
expense would be the adoption fee.
Dorothy