PSPCA: Keep pets inside
PSPCA OFFICIALS are reminding Philadelphians to bring their dogs inside during extreme cold weather after they recovered a frozen pit bull in Kensington on Sunday night, then rescued two dogs from an abandoned house.
PSPCA OFFICIALS are reminding Philadelphians to bring their dogs inside during extreme cold weather after they recovered a frozen pit bull in Kensington on Sunday night, then rescued two dogs from an abandoned house.
"To go away and leave your dog out there, that's horrendous," George Bengal, PSPCA's director of law enforcement, said of the young pit bull that froze to death outside on Water Street near Clearfield.
Humane officers executed a warrant on the same block, forcing their way into a rowhouse where a pit bull and Chihuahua mix had been abandoned. Neighbor Linda Tejada immediately volunteered to adopt the smaller pup.
"Oh, my god, I want the Chihuahua. He looks just like mine. I'll take him home now," Tejada said.
Tejada scrolled through her phone to find a photo of her 2-year-old dog, Mylo, and held it up to the rescued dog's cage.
"Is this your brother?" she asked.
- William Bender