October 9, 2024

๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐’๐ง๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐จ๐  ๐“๐ข๐ž๐ ๐“๐จ ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐€๐ง๐ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‡๐ข๐ฆ โ€“ 116


Stephanie Dagenhart was walking her two dogs early one morning when her heart sank.

A young American bulldog was tied to a tree in Baltimoreโ€™s Patterson Park, aฦ…anิ€ฮฟneิ€ and shaking in the frigid cold.

โ€œHe was just sitting there, so somber and freezing cold. And I could not get that out of my headโ€ฆ He was shaking so hard from being cold,โ€ she told CBS.

Stephanie approached the stoic dog, but got the sense he wanted some space. So, she took a seat on a nearby bench and continued to talking to him, letting him know he was no longer out there all alone.

Along with some dog food and a broken-down cage, she also found a note believed to be written by his previous owner:

โ€œHis name was Duke and he had his favorite bone and food and crate with him and could someone please love himโ€

Stephanie called the police and animal control, then wrote a post on Facebook to express the fact she was quickly losing faith in humanity.

There are certainly more humane ways of surrendering a pet, and Dukeโ€™s previous owner could and should have handled things much differently.

But then, while waiting for authorities to arrive, neighbors who had seen Stephanieโ€™s Facebook post began showing up to the parkโ€ฆ


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