I understand your point but after contacting SAR and being rebuffed, his friends interfered by telling him the dog was probably dead from her injuries.
He willingly admits he could have done more if he had thought of it, but didn’t know that resources were available, and his friends were useless.
He was the dog's leader. He was responsible. He needed to go back with or without all the assistance he could muster.
Wow.
Let my friends tell me *my* dog is “probably dead” and see if ~I~ listen to them.
[I’d get new, better friends]
Dude’s just gotta shift the blame every which way *and* loose, doesn’t he?
Now “his friends” kept him from going back for *his* dog?
He has to be a liberal.
They excel at passing the buck and dodging responsibility.
[or he’s Alma...pick one]