A video shows a dog abandoned by the roadside by its owner. Less than 24 hours after the video was broadcast on local TV, a new family adopted it.
This video is from Horizon City, Texas. According to KTSM, a woman named Joy Dominguez (Joy Dominguez) recorded this video while performing another mission in the area.
Dominguez’s video shows a boy of about a teenager in sneakers, white shorts and a T-shirt coming out of the passenger side door of a silver Jeep SUV. When the dog was sitting on the side of the road, the boy took off the dog’s leash.
Then, when the boy re-entered the vehicle, the dog wandered briefly in the field near the shoulder of the road. Then the car drove away, and the dog ran after it. When the car accelerated away, the dog ran to the center of the street.
The Animal Cruelty Department of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has begun an investigation to find families that have abandoned their dogs. Abandoning an animal is a Class A misdemeanor. If convicted, offenders may face up to a year of county jail or a fine of up to $4,000.
“I don’t know how those people can get in that car, see the dog in the mirror running behind them, and then drive away. I don’t know how you can do this as a person,” Ronald · Cuomo, an El Paso animal rescuer told KDBC-TV.
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The local veterinarian checked the abandoned husky and found that it was in good health. Subsequently, the dog was placed in the local animal rescue staff for care.
The Clappsaddle family saw the video and immediately contacted the local government to ask them how to adopt the dog. Since then, they have called the dog “Nanuk” for a role in the 1987 movie Lost boy, El paso times Report.
“When I saw the video and saw him chasing the car, my heart broke,” Maddie Klapsard told the aforementioned news station. “But now he is running around, he is very happy, I feel very happy and excited.”
Clappsaddle says Nanook feels like the “missing part” her family has always needed.
As pandemic restrictions are lifted across the United States, some animal shelters in Florida, Virginia, and other states have reportedly housed more dogs. These reports have raised concerns that people who adopted pets during the pandemic are now ready to abandon them.
However, the National Animal Welfare Organization told New York Times Most of the dogs adopted during the pandemic stay in their new homes. These groups also stated that shelters across the country have not reported an alarming increase in pet abandonment rates.
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