GREENSBORO, N.C. -- For years, Jon Wehrenberg flew his single-engine Cessna to other cities to meet clients of his Knoxville, Tenn., manufacturing company.
These days, he puts his plane to perhaps a more noble use, transporting dogs from an overcrowded Knoxville animal shelter to a life with a future.
Wehrenberg transferred five small dogs to Greensboro, N.C., this week.
"If they can find a rescue willing to take them, like the rescue people here are taking these dogs, that means those dogs won't be euthanized," Wehrenberg said.
It's not uncommon for the network of rescue groups across the South to transport dogs by car to other groups able to find them a permanent home, using a chain of drivers to make the trip.
"It can be really stressful on the dogs, changing drivers that often," Jennifer Hart, of the Animal Rescue and Foster Program, said. "Then you have to be careful you don't lose the dog. At every stop, the dog gets out and goes into another crate, so there's some risk involved there. So the flying is ideal."
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