If it wasn’t for Michigan Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Chris Lynch, 11-year-old Tunzy would be buried in the ground rather than in the home of a family that loves her.
The DNRC officer saved her from a terrible fate of being shot dead and buried in the ground.
According to Michigan Live, Lynch was surveying the Upper Peninsula of DNR District 2, which includes Chippewa, Delta, Mackinac, Luce and Schoolcraft counties, when he came across a man near a parked vehicle with a small dog.
Lynch said he witnessed the man put a loaded .270 rifle into its case and inside his vehicle.
He also witnessed a second man who was just finishing up a hole that he was digging nearby. The two men told the officer that they were burying a dog, however, all that was in the hole was a cardboard box.
Lynch knew the two men were attempting to kill the small dog that was with them by shooting it with their gun and burying it in the hole.
The poor little dog would have been murdered had Lynch found the men just a few minutes later. Lynch asked the men what was wrong with the dog and one of the men said that it was old, however, the dog appeared to be healthy.
Lynch told the men they were trespassing and that they weren’t allowed to have a loaded rifle in their car. He suggested that they bring the dog to a nearby animal shelter.
The subjects agreed that shooting the dog probably wasn’t “the smartest thing to do.”
They were penalized for having the loaded gun and the dog was handed over to the Delta Animal Shelter. The dog was originally named Toosie, but the animal shelter’s staff renamed her Tunzy.
“People need to surrender their animal for all sorts of reasons and we’re not here to judge. We do not charge. This is what we do,” Delta Animal Shelter Director Susan Gartland told FOX UP TV 6. “We are a place for animals to come to who need a second chance and a new home. Tunzy is 11-years-old, very healthy. A friendly sweet little dog who probably has a good five years of her life left.”
We’re very happy to hear that, according to Pawpulous, Tunzy was adopted by a loving family.
The shelter said that they hope Tunzy’s story will be an example to others who will choose to surrender their dogs to the proper authorities rather than senselessly end their life.
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