A dog rescuer in Southern California has described the heartbreaking moment she found a “tiny pup” tied to a fire hydrant after it was abandoned by its owners. Suzette Hall, the founder of Logan’s Legacy, says she’s encountered a string of similar cases in recent years, many of which happened on the same street.
The heart-wrenching case came to Hall’s attention when a passerby called her to say a tiny pup had been left attached to a fire hydrant on the street. The poor puppy had been left food and water by kind strangers but was too distraught to eat or drink, remaining curled up in a tight ball on the street.
Hall told The Dodo: “I called this woman I know who lived right by there and asked her to please go get the pup.”
The woman immediately dropped what she was doing and made her way to the eight-month-old puppy, which she found tethered to the faucet.
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Hall said: “She was just twisting and twisting around that hydrant with her leash. The poor dog was all tied up.”
The dog, named Cici, growled at her rescuer when she tried to untangle the leash, but with Hall’s guidance over the phone, the pup was successfully untied from the post.
Hall noted: “She got so sick in the car. We think it was from fear and lack of food and water since she was too scared to eat the food when they left.”
Reports in the US suggest a spate of animals have been rejected in recent years, particularly by travellers passing through San Francisco airport.
In January, the insurance company The Zebra released data showing that around 3.9 million dogs are abandoned or given up to shelters each year.
With good identification, up to 74.1 percent of lost dogs can be reunited with their owners, explained the company.
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