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Florida Police Save Dog Tied to Train Tracks

Matt Formica

Mar 05, 2015

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Three cheers to the Tampa Bay Police Department, who rescued an abandoned dog that had been tied to railroad tracks on Wednesday.

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(Tampa police Sr. Sgt. Rich Mills holds Cabela after she was rescued from train tracks Wednesday.)

Tampa police were able to stop an oncoming train just in time to rescue a dog named Cabela, who was found wounded by multiple gun shots and tied to train tracks with a belt in Florida on Wednesday. Cops received multiple calls about gun shots being fired and were eventually able to rescue the wounded pup, who they first named R&R but later called Cabela.

Despite being shot twice in the shoulder and neck area, Cabela is going to recover - woohoo! - but will unfortunately have one leg amputated.

So far no arrests have been made or suspects indentified. (Blogger sidenote: What is going on with people that they feel the need to shoot a dog? So sad. However, we are soooo happy to report this story for the sole reason that Cabela is going to make a healthy recovery.)

And HUGE props to Tampa police and to the Tampa Bay Veterinary Emergency Center. Team SportLeash salutes you!

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