Every weekend, this pilot transports dogs from shelters to save them from euthanasia

From Monday to Friday, Julian Javor works in construction and real estate . But on weekends , he takes control of his twin-engine Cessna 414 to transport dogs to reach their new shelters , foster families or adoptive families. These animals all come from structures where they risked being euthanized . Julian Javor comes to their aid on a voluntary basis .

He had obtained his commercial pilot license in September 2017 and was piloting a Los Angeles- based single -engine rental. Soon after, he joined Pilot N Paws , a network of pilots transporting dogs by air . He then obtained his twin-engine qualification and bought his current aircraft, allowing him to take more animals with each flight, but also to fly greater distances .

Its longest journey was over a thousand km , between California and El Paso in the state of Texas. He was then carrying Spike , a Poodle who had fled on July 4, 2018 because of the fireworks fired on the occasion of the national holiday. He was found 1 year later in Stockton , California, thanks to his identification chip . The RSQ209 association had contacted Julian Javor to ask him if he would welcome Spike aboard his plane to bring him back to his family . What he obviously accepted without hesitation. He was thus in the front row to attend the reunion .

Another of his major flights is the one in which he reached Phoenix , Arizona, to transport 2 German Shepherds who were also in danger of being euthanized. One of them, Artie , had a leg amputated after being hit by a car .

The other is called Maverick . Both were taken care of by the Saving Paws Rescue Arizona association upon their arrival.

Julian Javor also adopted one of his many 4-legged passengers. She is, in fact, a bitch and her name is Shadow . She was part of a group of 9 canines and 4 cats embarked by Javor during a long journey on 8 stages through California. While all of the animals were intimidated by the plane trip, Shadow showed off his totally outgoing personality.

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The dog, who had been taken from the streets of Fresno , was not in good health, however; she was very thin and suffered from pneumonia . The pilot had literally fallen under her spell , so much so that he called the association which was to pick it up on arrival to ask if he could keep it. This is how he became Shadow’s daddy.