Tampa, FL – A homeless dog has managed to remain hopeful despite his terrible past and months of being unwanted at an open-intake animal control facility in Tampa. His name is Thunder and prior to being taken in at Hillsborough County Pet Resources, he lived with someone who kept him outside, either in a shed or on a tether. Notes on the Rescue Me Tampa Facebook page explain:
April 2019 reports that he was locked in a shed and/or tethered. Acos went out there and educated owners. October 2021 reported him being “chained in the overgrown backyard and sporadically cared for,” then in December 2021 (notes) that he was “thin. lethargic and could barely stand up.”
Though difficult to imagine, Thunder’s best life so far is living at the animal ahelter. But this is not a home, and because the facility is open-intake, space constraints can result in dogs being put down when there is no room available.
Please share Thunder’s adoption information. This sweet boy deserves to know what it means to be loved and cared for, and what life can be like in an actual HOME.
Please click this link to read the volunteer notes about Thunder’s personality and behavior. Find Thunder’s adoption profile here.
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Located At: Hillsborough County Pet Resources
Description: This is a neutered male, gray and white American Staffordshire Terrier.
His name is Thunder.
Location: Hillsborough County Pet Resources
Website: www.hillsboroughcounty.org/animalservices
Address: 440 Falkenburg Rd.
Tampa, FL 33619
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HOW CAN PEOPLE RESIST THIS LITTLE DARLING?!
HE IS WAY OVERDUE FOR THE HEAVEN ON EARTH HE DESERVES!
PLEASE PLEASE–DON’T FORGET ABOUT DEAR SWEET THUNDER!
I CAN SPONSOR UNTIL A PERMANENT HOME IS FOUND–JUST LET ME KNOW HOW.
We have sponsored pets with the shelters or rescues directly.
I think you should contact the shelter to make arrangements.