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Tennessee Dog Sadly Walks Himself Home After Owner Killed in Hit-and-run
The Pet Zealot ^ | April 01, 2023 | James Alain L.

Posted on 04/01/2023 8:43:32 AM PDT by allen592

A dog in Nashville, Tennessee had to return home alone after his owner was killed in a hit-and-run, according to Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD). The dog named Patch and his 50-year-old visually impaired owner were on a walk on March 22 in the 200 block of Rio Vista Drive when the driver of a Ford F150 struck the owner.

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TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dogs; pets

1 posted on 04/01/2023 8:43:32 AM PDT by allen592
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To: allen592

😞


2 posted on 04/01/2023 8:47:32 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: allen592
... Patch has since been in the care of Metro Animal Care and Control (MACC) while waiting for his owner's family to come and claim him. However, MACC is giving Patch a new purpose after none of the victim's relatives showed up to claim the dog since the tragedy...

Sad, but if no family had the wherewithal to take care of him, I suppose it had to be... I sure hope he finds a wonderful home after training, or today even, ASAP.

A good boy.

3 posted on 04/01/2023 8:55:25 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: allen592

Sad that nobody in the family would claim the dog. Maybe they’re just heartless.


4 posted on 04/01/2023 9:11:01 AM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: allen592

Not one of those dogs who stay by their master’s body is it?


5 posted on 04/01/2023 9:12:46 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: Chickensoup

Maybe he did but was chased away by emergency response personnel. As a daily dogwalker having to traverse several heavily trafficked streets with our two hounds, I’m amazed there aren’t more hit and runs like this in the news. You and your dogs’ lives aren’t worth a plug nickel in public the way cars are being driven today.


6 posted on 04/01/2023 9:53:57 AM PDT by 4Runner
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To: Old Grumpy

Or maybe no one had the means to care for the dog.


7 posted on 04/01/2023 10:15:35 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (Desperately looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come truep)
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To: allen592; fieldmarshaldj
Take the long way around, Patches.

Chinese

There's more life worth living.

8 posted on 04/01/2023 10:46:05 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Fortunately despite aging I've been spared the ravages of maturity.)
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To: Rusty0604

Yes, that’s true.


9 posted on 04/01/2023 11:03:54 AM PDT by Old Grumpy
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To: allen592

I sure hope someone really nice adopts Patches, and that the animal shelter doesn’t put him to sleep.


10 posted on 04/01/2023 9:39:51 PM PDT by EinNYC
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