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I'm a field technician and on the road a lot. As I was heading down the highway on Wed afternoon, I saw a young woman in a crossover, stopped and out of her car on her phone. As I passed the crossover, I realized she was standing near a downed dog. I made a u-turn and headed back to see if I could be of any help. It was awful. She said someone had hit this poor dog and just left him there to die. He looked like a large bulldog mix, sturdy, stocky and very handsome. He had a collar but no tags or ID. He had severe injuries particularly to his head. I knelt next to him, spoke softly as lightly placed my hand on his side to feel for breathing or heartbeat and felt slight movement. I was just a few miles from home so I called my husband and asked him to come get the dog but, before he could get there, the poor baby started to convulse and I saw his life slip away. I rolled him onto some bubble wrap I had in my work vehicle and was able to then slide him away from the travel lane so he didn't get hit again. His injuries on his opposite side were even worse. When my husband arrived we transferred him to a beach towel he brought, I closed the dog's eyes and covered his face with the towel to keep the flies off him while we tried to find an owner. No owner was found but another dog lover had stopped and she and my husband loaded him into her truck so she could take him home and bury him.
I hate that people in my area let their dogs run loose especially so close to a 4 lane divided 70 mph highway and I hate that anyone would hit this dog and not stop to help and I hate that this dog died a horrible death because of irresponsible, uncaring humans....