A truck driver saved an abandoned puppy in Arizona.Photo:Arizona Department of Public Safety
Arizona Department of Public Safety
A truck driver saved an abandoned puppy found with a zip tie around its neck from an interstate in Arizona.
The puppy was discovered next to an Interstate 10 exit ramp in Benson, Arizona, on Oct. 20, the Arizona Department of Public Safety stated in a Facebookpost.
According to the agency, the truck driver stopped after seeing the abandoned puppy and “removed the zip tie,” which was “secured tightly around her throat,” before supplying the pooch with water.
The driver watched over the puppy until a state trooper arrived.
The puppy was found with a zip tie “secured tightly around her neck” on Oct. 20.Arizona Department of Public Safety
Trooper Iliana Magallanes responded to the incident and found the puppy with a “swollen throat and bloodshot eyes.”
Though the pup had been left behind in cruel circumstances, she was in a surprisingly friendly mood after her discovery, the Arizona Department of Public Safety shared.
The rescued puppy has now been placed in a foster home.Arizona Department of Public Safety
The puppy’s discovery comes days after a Virginia animal shelterraised concernover two dogs left at the same dumpster on separate occasions this year.
In July,Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC)shared in aFacebook postthat a dog was found abandoned at a dumpster of an apartment complex. Months later, this October, the agency noted thata 4-month-old pit bull was foundat the same location.
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“This is the second time we’ve found a dog in this exact location and situation. What is HAPPENING?!?” RACC wrote in its social media post alongside photographs of the puppy left behind in October.
“Help us FIND the person(s) responsible for abandoning their dog like trash,” the shelter added.
source: people.com
