TAMPA, Fla. ( WFLA ) — As residents were continuing to evacuate Wednesday morning, Florida rescued one abandoned dog found alongside an interstate near Tampa.
Heartbreaking video shows a Florida Highway Patrol Trooper pulled over along Interstate 75 where last-minute evacuations continued ahead of Hurricane Milton.
The trooper appears to jump over a rain-drenched ditch and walk toward the scared white dog, who was tied up to a fence and up to its torso in water. Rain was already falling in the area Wednesday morning, well ahead of Milton.
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As the trooper neared the dog, it began to growl and bark…