man recounts saving dog with mouth taped shut

Man recounts saving dog with mouth taped shut Carl Allen, one of the Good Samaritans who helped rescue a dog found on the side of the road with its muzzle taped shut and legs taped together, says at first he wasn't sure what he was seeing was real. 9NEWS at 5 p.m. 07/12/15. KUSA Nick McGill, KUSA 10:08 p.m. MDT July 12, 2015 A dog was discovered with its paws taped together and its mouth taped shut Saturday(Photo: KUSA) KUSA - Carl Allen, one of the Good Samaritans who helped rescue a dog found on the side of the road with its muzzle taped shut and legs taped together, says at first he wasn't sure what he was seeing was real. "The dog was standing still and we just saw the white tape on the mouth and I said 'is that a dog with its mouth taped shut?'" Allen said. Allen and a friend were traveling along Platte River Drive near the intersection of Huron Street when he says he say the dog in the middle of the street. Allen and two people driving by jumped out of their cars to help the dog. He says it initially tried to get away. "The dog started urinating on itself it was so terrified. We just kept trying to pet it and tell it that

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Man recounts saving dog with mouth taped shut

Carl Allen, one of the Good Samaritans who helped rescue a dog found on the side of the road withits muzzle taped shut and legs taped together, says at first he wasn't sure what he was seeing wasreal. 9NEWS at 5 p.m. 07/12/15.

KUSA

Nick McGill, KUSA

10:08 p.m. MDT July 12, 2015

A dog was discovered with its paws taped together and its mouth taped shut Saturday(Photo: KUSA)

KUSA - Carl Allen, one of the Good Samaritans who helped rescue a dog found on the side of theroad with its muzzle taped shut and legs taped together, says at first he wasn't sure what he wasseeing was real.

"The dog was standing still and we just saw the white tape on the mouth and I said 'is that a dogwith its mouth taped shut?'" Allen said.

Allen and a friend were traveling along Platte River Drive near the intersection of Huron Streetwhen he says he say the dog in the middle of the street. Allen and two people driving by jumped outof their cars to help the dog. He says it initially tried to get away.

"The dog started urinating on itself it was so terrified. We just kept trying to pet it and tell it that

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everything was ok, that we're just trying to help you" Allen said.

Carl Allen was one of the Good Samaritans who helped rescue a dog that had its mouth taped shutSaturday (Photo: KUSA)

Eventually, the Good Samaritans were able to remove the tape from the dog and animal control tookthe 8-month-old German Shepherd into their care. As of Sunday, the dog was doing well.

Allen says he was raised always having dogs around and can't understand why anyone would want tohurt an innocent, defenseless dog. He says he has a message for the person that did.

"I hope karma comes back around a gets them good, they need to go to jail," he said.

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