𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞

𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘨.

On March 30, City of San Antonio Animal Care Services reported a “Miracle on the Tracks.” Animal Care Officer Edwards received a call about a dog tied to an active railroad track, unable to free himself.

Officer Edwards arrived on the scene and quickly got to work freeing the Labrador, who was lying on the tracks. The dog’s leash was nailed to the rail, preventing him from getting away and tightening more as he tried to escape.

The officer worked to gain the scared animal’s trust. He then moved “quickly and safely” to free the dog from the track.

Thankfully, he was able to get the dog free — just moments before a train zoomed down the track. If the officer hadn’t arrived when he did, the dog would have certainly met a tragic end.

It isn’t clear if someone intentionally nailed the dog to the track, or if he just got caught on a nail. Either way, everyone was just grateful that tragedy was avoided and the dog was rescued just in time. Animal care servies appropriately named the dog “Lucky.”

At the time they reported that Lucky would need some time to “settle down,” but would soon be put up for adoption.

Then, on April 5, they shared an inspiring update: Lucky has been adopted!

“As soon as I met him, I could tell he was exactly the kind of dog that would fit in with my family. He was so chill and unbothered,” said the new owner, named in the post as Mr. C.

The shelter said that Mr. C took Lucky out to their play yards before adopting him. They got along great and they decided it was a perfect match.

Animal Care Services reported that Lucky was neutered and microchip before being transferred to his new home. They also report that Lucky has been renamed “Duke” by his new owners.