
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.

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.

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.

‘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.

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.

‘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.’
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Wilda Hill Provo
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They left her tied to a tree? I would find them to serve them papers of neglect. She deserves better.
Brenda Johnson
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They don’t need him back!!!! They left him tied up to die!!!
Debbie Parry
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Go you need to find the owners though? Sounds like Lucky needs some new kind and compassionate owners!!
Laurie Cote
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Should she be given back to her owners? They do not appear to be responsible and capable of taking care of their dog. In fact they left her to die. Hopefully, they will never find her and whoever has her will not allow her to be returned if they do!
Lorraine Barringer
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And tied to pole??? Find those owners and prosecute! Send Lucky to me I will love her forever and she will forget this!
Jodie Russelli
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I have something to say to the owners … wtf is wrong with you ??? I’d would like to tie them to a tree …with a lock and see how you like it !
Parizad Hodiwalla
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Cats and dogs figure it out and become friends. Have seen it happen time and again.
Kallien Byer
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This dog was tied to a tree, left to drown in the flood waters…I’m hoping she is adopted by worthy family and not given back to the owners who selfishly left her to die.
Shannon Kopecky
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Don’t give her back to the people who tied her up and left her to drown! That doesn’t make any sense!!!
Janet Kaye Lemmerman Mason
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Anyone who ties or chains a dog up in a hurricane and leaves it to die, does not deserve to have a dog or a pet of any kind. I’m glad the dog was saved and hope someone nice claims it.
Lydia Kellum Storey
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Agree with all above ! Ain’t sharing cause they don’t need this pup !
Charlene Pritt
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Hopefully this poor dog will never have to see it’s owners ever again!!! Let a good person adopt her!!!
YoYogi Kiki
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The owner left him to die… why find his heartless owner who freed for his/ her life . It is terrible / evil to tie him to down with zero chance of survival if not for good hearty souls that help. He deserves an owner that really love him.
Dana Summerfield
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Yes, let me find their owners so I can shame them publicly for the rest of their lives. I hope their owners died an awful death, and this baby can find a home with love, honor and respect. This dog is tied to a f*cking phone pole. It’s tied up in general with no way to save itself. So I hope these people meet a worse situation. If they did survive I hope they didn’t have flood insurance and live a miserable rest of their lives.
Sandra Phillips
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I agree! The very least they could have done was to let her loose. She could have maybe swam to higher ground.
Karen Seade
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I agree!!! Fund lucky a new home!!! I would never ever leave my dog! I say Find the owners then publicly ridicule them! Its obsurd what they did! My family is in houston and helped others evacuate.! Theres no excuse. At least let the dog free if u cant take it. Butvtie them up???? Beyond cruel
Lydia Kellum Storey
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These folks need a fish for a pet !!!!!!!
Cath Bevan
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No she doesn’t need to go back to the **** who left her tied up in a flood
Terri Grant Spence
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Why give her back to the people that did this?
Carmen Maynard
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You mean the ones who left him in the first place? Smh
Grete Birk
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de skulle skamme sig ,så meget……………….
Terri Sinclair
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ok, why would you want to give her back to owners who left her tied up to die. just asking.
Cindy Havens
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If somoene can bring her to ottawa canada i will take her and love her
Suzanne Scott
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Why try to find the owners? They left that dog tied up and she could have drowned! That poor baby deserves a better home!
Cook Mosher
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Why would they want to find her family looks as though they don’t care about her she deserves a loving family
Alison Vaughn
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SO HAPPY TO HEAR HE WAS SAVED! XO AV
Sherry Lindsey
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Why would you want to find her owners unless it is to procesecute them for abuse?
Becky Barnard
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So glad he was saved, I think maybe she needs a new home
Lucero Rivas
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To send them to jail.
Kathy Coulter
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Why would you want to find some one like that!!! Chaining her !!! Chain them!!! Find her new owners!!!
Sheila Ahern
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her owners dont deserve to have her back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeremy Hebert
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They should be tied to a pole in a pool then fill the pool up
Keith Ingram
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f**k her owners. Give her to someone who’s not$#%&!@*enough to abandon her to die, tied to a pole. Some people really boil my piss.
Jonathan Ash Weathersby
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Awwwww…..ill take her
Marie Frank
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I agree. This dog needs a new home!!!! Yeah for the new adopters!!!
Frances Hanglow-Hogan
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Why would you bother looking for the owners they left the poor thing tied to a pole to drown a no kill shelter would be a safer option. If this guys wants her I think he should be allowed to take her and give her the life she deserves.
Tracy Dwiggins
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She needs new owners! Give her a break!
Aisha Pleshette Presson
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New family please!
Christine Bundy
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Shame on her owners
Sherri Miller
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I was going to say the same thing!
Jennifer Yo You Frazen
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Find new owners who won’t$#%&!@*out and leave there fur baby to die tied to a pole with the water rising…my 2 pugs would go with me PERIOD! Even if I had to rent a car. Drive to higher ground and sleep in the car with them…the OWNERS should neverr get to see this sweet baby again
Pamela Laurie
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Find a new home
Pamela Mcdonald-lindsay
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Owners left her to die ???
Suzanne Scott
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Marie Von Dyl I agree with you; we may not know the whole situation, but clearly, tying the dog to a pole was not the way to keep her safe during the storm. Either very stupid owners or owners that couldn’t be bothered to make sure she was safe.
Jen Elizabeth
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The owners don’t deserve to have her back. They left her tied to a poll.
Dan Wiberg
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Find her owners (and beat them)
Robert Scholl
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Those type of owners need to be kept away from any animal forever
Sherri Miller
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If they had their hands full with children I can see leaving it behind…but you don’t tie it up so it has no chance to escape.
SassyAnn Eastwood
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Those people do NOT deserve their animals back, they all need to be picked up and found loving homes!
Suzanne Scott
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Ellee Snow And you don’t either, so why don’t you shut the hell up?