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VIDEO: Dog Chases Owner’s Truck After Being Abandoned at Shelter

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A heartbreaking scene was captured on video outside a Tennessee animal shelter as a dog chased after his owner’s truck when he was abandoned outside the front door.

The Hawkins County Humane Society was closed to the public due to quarantine, but staff inside noticed a truck driving away from the shelter with a dog chasing after it and ran outside to help.

“We noticed a vehicle pulling out with a dog chasing it and our staff members went out to chase him,”Joseph Cadorette, a staff member of the Hawkins County Humane Society told WKRN. “He was running down Highway 11. He almost got hit by four or five cars before we got him back in the parking lot.”

After rescuing the frightened, confused dog, staffers turned to surveillance camera footage to find out what had happened.

Abandoned

“He gets out of his truck and walks to the back,” Cadorette explained. “He’s got a fiberglass cover on the bed of his truck and he unlocks it, pulls the dog out. He couldn’t get in because the doors were locked. He turned around and just walked away.”

As the dog’s owner walked back to his truck, heartbreaking video showed the 2-year old Blue Heeler jumping and chasing after him. When the man drove away, the dog followed, running after the truck and onto the highway, nearly being struck by several vehicles in his attempt to catch the man that so callously abandoned him.

Shelter staff contacted the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Department who came to the scene and determined that there was nothing they could do. The shelter were devastated as they’d hoped to press charges against the man for abandoning his dog.

Rescuers named the scared dog Rawhide and promised to care for him, including providing all shots and neuter surgery before eventually finding him a family that will give him the life he deserves.

“We’re just hoping to get him taken care of and get him a family here that can adopt him and show him the love and care that he wants,” Cadorette said. “You have to treat animals just as good as a human being, I mean they got feelings too.”

The Hawkins County Humane Society has received dozens of inquiries about adopting Rawhide. To learn more about him or the many other dogs and cats available for adoption, visit their Facebook page here or call 423-272-6538. 

3 Comments

3 Comments

  1. Avatar Of Carol

    Carol

    Feb 9, 2019 at 7:25 pm

    Sick son of a b…..prosecute the sicko

  2. Avatar Of Maite

    Maite

    Oct 22, 2018 at 2:03 pm

    There is a record of this man and his truck (video)
    If there is not a law against animal neglect and abandonment,
    Call your politicians asking for it TODAY.
    Once this law is on the books, the police cannot give excuses.
    “Animal cruelty reflects poverty of the soul”
    Maite,
    Harmony Kennels Foundation
    Vacaville, Ca.

  3. Avatar Of Larry

    larry

    Oct 6, 2018 at 6:54 pm

    What the hell do you mean there was nothing the police could do? How about animal cruelty?

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