Meet Lucky the dog who was saved during Hurricane Harvey!

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With the waters above her paws and a leash tethering her to a pole, the dog looked on the verge of becoming a victim of Hurricane Harvey.

The mongrel was soaked to the skin and apparently abandoned in an area where every human had fled before the storm – until DailyMail.com intervened.

Photographer Ruaridh Connellan rushed across the flood water, which was fortunately not dangerously deep, and untied the dog, who wagged her tail and bounded of to safer ground.

Her name now? Lucky – although she still needs a bit more luck to come her way. Lucky was left tied up by her owners on the land where they had been living in a trailer just outside Victoria.

They seemed to have fled, as did all their neighbors.

Before: A terrified dog was spotted by DailyMail.com photographer Ruaraidh Connellan as record-breaking flood waters rose around her just outside of Victoria. Almost safe: Connellan made his way across the flood water to help rescue the dog, who was tethered to the pole.

 

Whether by accident or design, they left her tied to a post on a leash, where our photographer and reporter her found her on Saturday afternoon.

She was happy to be free and led DailyMail.com to her friends: another dog, a pit bull cross breed, two cats and a small pony.

My hero: Connellan named the dog Lucky. And when he went back 24 hours after saving her she ran up to him and wanted to play. When Connellan visited the property the next day, Lucky ran out and greeted him while wagging her tail. He brought the pup food and fresh water.

 

The pit bull cross was also tied up, but on a longer leach and on the dry land; suggesting that Lucky being tied up in a more dangerous spot may well have been an accident of panicked people fleeing from danger.

Connellan said he couldn’t sleep that night wondering if the pet pooch was OK. And the next day DailyMail.com returned to the trailer.

Just look at her now. Connellan spent the night worrying about Lucky, but when he returned she seemed to be in good spirits

 

‘I was happy to see Lucky when I pulled up to the property, she came running out through the fence and greeted and me wagging her tail,’ Connellan said.

‘I fed Lucky some food I had in my car and gave her some fresh water.’

Lucky and the other animals appeared frightened but otherwise safe, for now.

Lucky’s friends: Lucky waswith another dog – a pitbull mix – two cats and a pony. DailyMail.com has called the local animal control agency to report the abandoned animals. They are safe but will need human attention soon
Connellan called the local animal control agency to report the abandoned animals and plans on adopting Lucky if possible. But the authorities are understandably overwhelmed by the scale of the unfolding disaster.

So far DailyMail.com has been unable to trace who was living at the trailer before they left Lucky tied up. She and the other animals had been well-looked after before they left, but they need human attention soon.

Connellan would be happy to step into the breach, after forming a bond with the energetic mongrel.

Lucky’s friend, a pit bull mix, was also found tied up on higher ground. He had more freedom to roam around dry land but not enough – so DailyMail.com set him free too

 

‘I’d love to take Lucky to live with me in New York. But sadly I’ll have to wait and go through the proper channels.

‘I’m disappointed in people who abandon their animals. I feel good about what I did. There is no doubt in my mind, if I didn’t unleash Lucky from the tree, she would have drowned.’

Do you know Lucky’s owners? Email newsus@mailonline.com



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1,926 thoughts on “Meet Lucky the dog who was saved during Hurricane Harvey!”

  1. Debra Jaeger Savage

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    Hell no. She needs a better forever home with ppl who care. She was left abandoned, chained up in a hurricane to drown . The owners should b criminally charged a hefty fee for leaving her . N baned from ever ownin a pet again .

  2. Darlene Pitt

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    The owners need a slap. Did they really think they were helping. OMG just stop and think about that for 3 seconds. What a terrifying death for that poor baby. BRAINS MAN IT TAKES BRAINS . FOR THE PEOPLE ON RESCUE THANK YOU SO MUCH

  12. Lana Capps

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    It really angers me when I see pictures of someone’s pet tied up to a tree, telephone pole, or whatever and leave them there. If you listen to the news and weather reports, ignorance is no excuse. You, the ungrateful animal owner, should be tied up to the telephone pole, fence or whatever….

  22. Melissa Jovi

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    I remember first seeing this when the hurricane struck (on fb). But WHY do we want to find her owners!? They left her there without one care! I sure hope she becomes available for adoption bc the previous owners should NEVER be allowed to adopt again.

  24. Kathleen Bowron

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    Give this dog s new home as the owners are not fit to have a dog when they have left it.Dogs are family They feel ad we feel,pain,fear,sadness.I could no more abandon my two than fly to the moon.

  25. Nina Stark-Johnson

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    Why on earth would I help get this sweet baby back to the idiots who left her tied to a pole in a flood!! You never even gave her a chance… you’re lucky she was rescued but I will NOT lift a finger to help get her back to them!

  28. Rane'e Stoudenmire

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    I would be real hesitant to give that dog back to her owners. They chose to chain her to a pole & leave her to drown. What right do they have to get this dog back? In another time of catastrophe they would just do it again. They’ve shown they’re not willing to take care of her.

  47. Tina Harlston Byrd

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    Why give this poor baby back to someone who didn’t care whether the poor thing died or not??!! They should be put in jail and branded “Animal Abuser”. They are pathetic and should NEVER be able to have animals. POS!!!!!

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