![]() I pulled into the lot, got out and counted the dogs then went back into Burger King and bought a hamburger for each – the largest I could buy. I was shocked not only by the plight of all these dogs, but by the casual way she talked about them being used for target practice. At least they’re put out of their misery,” she replied. They are lucky if the kids use them for target practice. “Wherever they can find to get out of the wind. “Where do they go when the temperatures get cold?” It was below freezing at 2:00 in the afternoon. The other six or so looked cold and rightly so. There was an Aussie that was obviously nursing pups she had hidden someplace. I looked at the dog she indicated and at the others sitting or walking about. Nobody took it to a vet, that’s why it drags its back leg around.” “That one over there was hit by a car about two months ago. “Nope, they are on their own here.” She pointed to a larger brown dog just across the drive by the gas station. “Don’t you have a local shelter or rescue?” I asked. “They’re all strays with no place to go.” “They get dropped here from all over,” she said. I asked the gal at the window the story about all the dogs. On the way back through, however, I made some inquiries.Īs I went pulled up to the window of Burger King’s drive-thru to get my Whopper Jr. With three of my own in the car I didn’t have the opportunity to do anything but get gas and keep traveling. Each location had its own group of dogs hovering in the sunshine. Same with Burger King and the gas station. As I passed the McDonalds clustered around the front was a group of about five or six dogs. Stoltz ( Marshall’s savior) chronicles her experience with throngs of abandoned dogs in rural Arizona, and raises an obvious and pressing question: What can be done to save these forgotten souls? Part One: Burger King To The RescueĪs I drove through Kayenta, Arizona this past week I noticed something odd.
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