{"id":84597,"date":"2024-10-11T09:10:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T02:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=84597"},"modified":"2024-10-11T09:10:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T02:10:21","slug":"heartbreaking-footage-of-abandoned-dog-left-tied-to-fence-during-hurricane-milton-has-people-outraged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/heartbreaking-footage-of-abandoned-dog-left-tied-to-fence-during-hurricane-milton-has-people-outraged\/","title":{"rendered":"Heartbreaking Footage Of Abandoned Dog Left Tied To Fence During Hurricane Milton Has People Outraged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People are calling for a dog owner to face consequences after abandoning their dog before Hurricane Milton.\n</p><p>A viral video posted by Florida Highway Patrol on Tuesday (October 8) shows an officer responding to a call that a dog had been abandoned and left tied up to a fence by the I-75.\n</p><p>In the video, the officer slowly approaches the dog that was stood in water so deep it came up to the top of the pet&rsquo;s legs.\n</p><p>Tentatively approaching the pooch, the kindhearted officer reassures it that &lsquo;it&rsquo;s okay&rsquo;.\n</p><div style='\"width:' class='\"wp-video\"'><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class='\"wp-video-shortcode\"' id='\"video-84597-1\"' width='\"270\"' height='\"480\"' preload='\"metadata\"' controls='\"controls\"'><source type='\"video\/mp4\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/nor1t.caa_.mp4?_=1%5C%22"></source><a href="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/nor1t.caa_.mp4%5C%22">https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/nor1t.caa_.mp4\n<p>He didn&rsquo;t receive the warmest welcome from the dog who proceeded to growl and bark at the officer, but he simply said: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t blame you. It&rsquo;s okay.&rdquo;\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/10%5C/09%5C/17%5C/90656097-13942323-image-a-12_1728492266372.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"634\"' height='\"794\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p>Sharing the video to Twitter, Florida Highway Patrol Tampa wrote: &ldquo;FHP Troopers rescued a dog left tied to a pole on I-75 near Bruce B Downs Blvd this morning. Do NOT do this to your pets please.&rdquo;\n</p><p>A follow-up tweeted shared by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles confirmed a few hours after the heartbreaking video was posted that the dog seen in the video had been successfully rescued.\n</p><p>&ldquo;The dog rescued by @FHPTampa is safe and receiving care,&rdquo; they confirmed.\n</p><p>&ldquo;Troopers brought him to a vet, where he was examined for injuries and received a clean bill of health.&rdquo;\n<figure style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/images.ladbible.com%5C/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:%5C/%5C/images.ladbiblegroup.com%5C/v3%5C/assets%5C/blt949ea8e16e463049%5C/blt71d3e88b8c1eb940%5C/6707e7d0f7a22f337547a59d%5C/Screenshot_2024-10-10_at_15.42.00.png%5C%22" alt='\"The' adandoned dog was rescued as is now safe and well width='\"1440\"' height='\"1225\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>The adandoned dog was rescued as is now safe and well (@FLHSMV\/Twitter)\n<p>People have since suggested that the adorable dog be named Trooper after the team who saved him (or her).\n</p><p>Elsewhere people expressed their disgust at the owner for abandoning the pooch and called for them to be prosecuted.\n</p><p>One person wrote: &ldquo;This is ridiculous. The owner needs to face legal consequences.&rdquo;\n</p><p>A second insisted: &ldquo;Find the owner and lock them up!&rdquo;\n</p><p>&ldquo;People who harm children and pets are the lowest in society and need to be dealt with accordingly,&rdquo; penned someone else.\n</p><p>A different person fumed: &ldquo;I hope that dog is chipped, and they find the owner and charge them with animal abuse that his horrible we are literally getting hit by a hurricane in hours.&rdquo;\n<figure style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/images.ladbible.com%5C/resize?type=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;width=3840&amp;fit=contain&amp;gravity=auto&amp;url=https:%5C/%5C/images.ladbiblegroup.com%5C/v3%5C/assets%5C/blt949ea8e16e463049%5C/blt7858bd33631ec850%5C/6707e88c89616a635d4339ab%5C/GettyImages-2177783663.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Hurricane' milton has had a devastating impact on parts of florida raedle images width='\"1440\"' height='\"810\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>Hurricane Milton has had a devastating impact on parts of Florida (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)\n<p>Others took to the time to applaud the Troopers for rescuing the defenceless dog.\n</p><p>&ldquo;Wow. People can be so heartless. Thank you for saving him,&rdquo; one applauded the team.\n</p><p>&ldquo;Absolutely heartbreaking and cruel that anyone would abandon their pet. Well done and thank you for rescuing them,&rdquo; added another.\n</p><p>There have been conflicting reports that the dog has been reclaimed by its owner, but Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has confirmed that this is &lsquo;inaccurate&rsquo;.\n</p><p>&ldquo;The dog was rescued and taken to a vet where he received a clean bill of health. He is safe and being cared for at this time,&rdquo; a spokesperson told UNILAD.\n</p><p>Featured Image Credit: Twitter\/@FHPTampa\/Fox 35 Orlando\n</p><p>Source: Unilad\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>People are calling for a dog owner to face consequences after abandoning their dog before Hurricane Milton. A viral video posted by Florida Highway Patrol on Tuesday (October 8) shows an officer responding to a call that a dog had been abandoned and left tied up to a fence by the I-75. In the video, &hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":84606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84605,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84597\/revisions\/84605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></figcaption></figure></p></figcaption></figure></p></a></video></div>