Puppy Rescued From a Burning Dumpster is Making a Stellar Recovery (PHOTOS)

[joeybee12]

Phoenix the husky mix is aptly named. The five-month-old pup was found in Twin Cities, Minnesota in a dumpster … that had been set on fire. Thankfully, Clayton Van Wert heard the pup’s cries and followed them to a row of dumpsters, spotting the flames. He pounded on the side and heard howling coming from within. Quickly acting, he reached in and pulled the puppy out by his two front feet and called for help.

“I don’t believe that he got into the dumpster on his own,” said Van Wert. “He had to be put in there … by a very, very sick person.”

Phoenix was taken to the Act V Rescue where he has been receiving excellent medical care for him numerous burns.

“It’s sad to see someone would do that,” stated Veterinarian Vickie Schulz with Act V Rescue. ”I don’t understand it. I don’t understand it.”





http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/puppy-rescued-from-burning-dumpster-makes-recovery/

[AtomicKitten]

1. An eye for an eye.

It's the only thing the heartless bastards that commit such acts of cruelty will understand.

Poor thing.

[NanceGreggs]

2. You know ...

... I always find it upsetting when people immediately cry out for blood when a heinous act is committed, especially when they don't even know the details of how and why something happened.

But in the case of cruelty to a helpless animal, I think an eye for an eye is the appropriate justice to be meted out.

[AtomicKitten]

3. I'd gladly settle for prosecution and a stiff sentence.

My point is people who are capable of carrying out such acts of cruelty on a defenseless creature (which is what I find upsetting), and that includes children, are almost certainly incapable of remorse and require punishment to grasp the gravity of their crime.

[calimary]

14. Not enough. I kinda like the eye-for-an-eye idea for whoever perpetrated this ghastly obscenity.

[joeybee12]

5. I agree, and the guy who rescued him should...

get a parade.

[AtomicKitten]

9. yes, thank dog for the heroes that make the difference

between life and death. I hope the little fella finds a forever home where someone will love and care for him the rest of his natural life.

[840high]

19. Yes.

[Brigid]

4. Aww . . . Poor baby!

Glad he's recovering.

[BrotherIvan]

6. Just went and donated

That little guy deserves a chance at a good life. He's been through enough. He is going to be a gorgeous dog. People make me so sad sometimes. But there are a lot more good people in this story than bad.

[ND-Dem]

7. pretty eyes he has.

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. holy moly. people suck

[calimary]

13. Yeah. No shit.

[Omaha Steve]

10. First I've heard of this

Thanks for posting.

K&R!

OS

[catbyte]

11. Poor baby! I hope the creep who did this dies a slow, painful, scary death.

[calimary]

12. OMG!!!! I cannot understand this! That poor little thing!

Man's inhumanity... this just makes me sick to my stomach. That someone would be that cold-hearted! I'm so glad this little guy was rescued, and looks like he's recovering. Sweet little thing.

[Rex]

15. I see people in disbelief, folks we gassed our own kind in WWII.

We are a strange species. We are a diverse creature - some are unbelievably humble and charitable, some unimaginably cruel. Seems some are just born without empathy. At best they do not harm others around them as they grow older. At worst they become a tyrant in some hellhole nation or set a puppy on fire. IMO.

[lucca18]

16. So happy that this beautiful dog is on the road to recovery !

That dear sweet dog! In that last photo, I see life and love in his eyes. Have a good life !

[azurnoir]

17. Glad to the poor baby is going to be okay and a minor correction

this happened in a small town up near Bemidji in northern Mn the puppy is in a animal rescue in the Twin Cities

His name is Phoenix.

And yes, he did rise from the ashes.

Phoenix is a 5-month-old Husky mix found Friday night in a burning garbage bin in Redby, Minn., who is now being cared for at a Twin Cities animal rescue clinic.

His prognosis? A long recovery.

"I suspect he will need some skin grafting in the future," Dr. Vicki Schulz, a veterinarian with Act V Rescue and Rehabilitation in Bloomington, Minn., who is caring for Phoenix, said Monda

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/crime/3685621-puppy-recovering-after-being-found-burning-trash-bin-northern-minnesota

[dflprincess]

18. This happened in Redby, MN on the Red Lake Reservation

The guy who saved him called the Red Lake police who took him to Red Lake Rosie's Rescue.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Lake-Rosies-Rescue/141557242578137

Red Lake Rosie's sent him down to Minneapolis (Bloomington, actually) for treatment

https://www.facebook.com/actvrescueandrehab

[Marie Marie]

20. May this poor little guy have a long and healthy life

being spoiled rotten in a loving home. If someone intentionally did this to him, well, may that person have just the opposite.