In Phoenix, Arizona a picture being passed around on Facebook of two pitbulls are causing a stir among animal lovers.
The picture is of two pit bulls laying side by side. One of them is believed to have been hit by a car on May 18, 2012. While laying dead on the side of the road, the other pit bull refused to leave her side for nearly 14 hours until the city came to remove the body on Saturday morning.
Since the pitbull wouldn’t leave his companion’s side and the animal shelter was taking such a long time to respond; a local business set out food and water.
The heartbreaking picture of the two pit bulls has been shared over 200 times on Facebook.
The story made one Facebook user in Chicago so upset, she even tried to contact the mayor in Phoenix, AZ, according to Fox10 News. Karyn Aspan told Fox10 News by phone, “I was really upset.” She learned about the story from a friend who lives in Phoeniz. Her major concern was that the two dogs were left by the side of the street for 14 hours. They deserve better, she says. “I was so outraged I even called the mayor’s office and had posted on Facebook in hopes that the mayor’s office would be bombarded with calls.”
Rodrigo Silva of Animal Care and Control says, “We picked up this other dog and took him to our east valley shelter where he will stay until the 23rd. Right now it doesn’t look like he has any behavioral or health problems. He is doing well. He’s a little withdrawn and he appears to be very sad.” He added, “If he continues to show these signs of withdrawal we will place him in a recovery home that can help him with his grieving. I am not certain we will be placing him up for adoption.”
Local animal control believes the surviving dog has an owner because of its blue harness. But no one has come forward to claim him. If no one comes to claim him, he’ll be up for adoption at the county animal shelter, East Valley Animal Control, in 72 hours.
This just shows how this breed of dog is. They are loyal and loving and that male is grieving just as any person would. I’m crying as I write this, I’m so heartbroken, This dog being on the side of the street with his dead female companion for 14 hours is inexcusable and the idea that no one did anything to help this poor dog is incomprehensible to me. I held on to a lost pit bull who was being harassed by a Security Guard in a hospital parking lot. He got loose and right away because he growled at the Guard, cause the Guard fed him and then tried to grab his collar, he just let the dog run away. I walk off of the elevator and I see this beautiful red nose pit bull male go by me going towards the stairs scared. He had a collar and I grabbed him, it was by instinct, I knew he was heading towards the stairs to leave and would have been on a busy road. The Guard gave me a rope he had and I tied it to the collar and held on to him calming him down. He would try to bolt if the guard tried to get him. I just told him to stay back and that I would hold him, hoping his owners would get back before Animal Control. I hugged and talked to him and scratched him and just talked and talked and I held on to him for hours. Finally a young couple who had been in a MD appointment at the Hospital started calling for Ace. His ears went straight up and he did a wiggle dance and started going towards them. I walked Ace to the couples car, They opened the door and he jumped in the back seat and sat straight up. The owners just kept on saying thank you and how grateful they were. They kept on saying, “He doesn’t bite”. I said I know, he was scared and nervous and I just held on to him hoping who ever owned him would come back. I told him what a beautiful and well behaved dog he was. While holding on to him I had 2 Men walk by and harass me. “He’s a killer, that’s what they are breed to be”. “He’ll turn on you, cause that’s what they do”. One man told me he raised them and that he knew about the breed, “They are bad and can turn on you at any time, that’s the breed, that’s how they are”. Needless to say I had a few choice words for all of them and some of them not nice and just told them to go away and shut up, they had no idea about the situation and needed to leave me alone. These are the people that mistreat these poor dogs and give them the label of, “Killers” and “Bad” dogs. I love this breed of dog and would trust them with my life and the lives of my family. I will fight and be the voice of this poor mistreated breed for the rest of my life and educate people and show the Haters, just how wonderful and special the Terrier breed of dogs can be if just given the chance.
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Very touching story.
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