She was on death row last week, and the prospects of a call from the governor were slim. Her only crime was homelessness, and getting in the way of a speeding car. Nothing in her sad eyes elicited sympathy. It was all, "You ain't never caught a rabbit, you ain't no friend of mine."

When someone finally offered her a way out, she was all ears.

On Friday, Twinkle-Toes, a 3-year-old basset hound, flew into Charleston on a private plane for some surgery and a chance to start anew.

All this is thanks to the Carolina Basset Hound Rescue, a nonprofit group that saves hound dogs from "kill shelters" and finds them new homes. Click here to read the entire story from the Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina.