No one knows exactly how long the 2-year-old pit bull had been left to die alone in the Arizona mountains.
A photo taken by Andi Davis, the hiker who found him, shows the dog half standing, half collapsed, his head pressing against a rock.
Davis had walked about a half mile uphill last Friday, October 18, along a deserted trail in Phoenix when she found the black and white dog, suffering from bullet wounds, said Arizona Humane Society spokeswoman Bretta Nelson in an e-mail.
She hesitated for a moment before approaching the pit bull, Nelson said. But when he lifted his head as she reached for her water bottle, Davis put her apprehension aside, gave him a drink and then lifted the 47-pound dog into her arms, Nelson said. Then, she began walking.
"It will be OK," Davis kept telling the dog as she slowly picked her way down the path. Every so often she would stop, give him another drink, then stand up again and keep going. "At first she was shaking because she was scared," Nelson said. "Then she was shaking because of the weight of him." Eventually the dog stopped moving.
First I would like to commend Andi Davis for actually doing what many people who would say "Oh of course anyone who saw an injured dog left out to die in the desert would pick it up and carry it to safety," then when they are put in that situation, 90% just walk past and hope for the next person to do it. That took a leap of faith and some darn good humanity. Second, I hope that they can find whoever did that to the dog. That is an inexcusable and disgusting thing to do even if it is "just a dog." There are always better options. Take him to the pound or a friend that you know will take good care of him. What kind of person shoots a dog, physically abuses it, and then leaves it out in the Arizona wilderness? You just can't make this stuff up. A woman on a walk finds a terribly injured dog and carries it for an hour in her arms to a veterinarian.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/24/us/arizona-woman-rescues-dog/index.html?hpt=us_t5
This is terrible. Animals should not be treated this way; I'm also very happy that this lady did what she did. It's extremely upsetting to know that someone could do this.
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There is no excuse for animal cruelty. I am glad this woman saved the dog, and I hope she will be ok. But, honestly it makes me sick that things like this even go on in the world.
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