[passionfruit]

It could be that the tenant, dog owner had been evicted and was supposed to have been out by that date. Showed up and the tenant wasn’t there, but the dog was. I could see a landlord taking the dog to the pound under those circumstances. Or if he received complaints from the neighbors that the dog wasn’t being cared for, outside all the time, they hadn’t seen it’s owner for days, etc.

[DJ MacWoW]

It could be but the story doesn't indicate that. It says: When the dog owner, identified as 30-year-old Angelique M. Allaire, returned home, she discovered the dog was missing. Her landlord informed her that he had taken Danger to the Animal Services drop-off site. When she went to the site the following morning, Animal Services had already reported the theft.