Dog left tied to Wisconsin shelter door in the freezing cold

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WMTV/WEAU) – The video is heartbreaking. A car pulls into the Eau Claire Co. Humane Affiliation car parking zone early Thursday morning. A person hops out and, with a canine in tow, walks as much as the nonetheless unopened shelter door. The individual then proceeds to tie the canine’s leash to the door earlier than heading again to the truck to drive off.

The canine, who’s now named Gus, is seen making an attempt to meet up with the individual so he might go along with, however to no avail. The car drives off and Gus is left alone – within the freezing chilly – ready for somebody to reach and assist him.

“The canine had no concept what was occurring, and you’ll see that he needed to go along with,” the shelter wrote. “It breaks our hearts.”

The video was captured simply after 6 a.m. Across the identical time, the official temperature in Eau Claire was 9° with wind chills making it really feel like zero.

The ECCHA shared the one-minute video on its Fb web page, saying, “(S)ome mornings aren’t very joyful on the shelter. In the present day, we got here in to discover a candy boy tied to our entrance door.”

The shelter made the publish asking for assist figuring out the person. In an replace Thursday afternoon, they revealed the individual did come ahead and formally surrendered Gus. Meaning the shelter will be capable to get to work discovering him residence instantly, with out ready the mandated interval if he had been a stray canine.

“It was very courageous to name us and this motion will assist us be capable to assist Gus discover a new residence,” the shelter wrote, including its due to the proprietor for “doing the fitting factor.”

Gus might be obtainable for adoption as quickly as a veterinarian clears him. Anybody taken with adopting him can go to www.eccha.org for extra info.

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