Dozens of dogs being abandoned every day, local rescue struggling to keep up

A local rescue said people dumping dogs is getting out of control.

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As reported on News Center 7 at 5, Brave Breed Rescue got a call Saturday about a dog being left for dead — but this one was different.

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“Somebody had just happened to see this dog with its leg torn off,” Rhonda Martin owner of the rescue said.

Martin immediately started her rescue efforts.

“I hopped in the car, went down there, and we got him to the emergency (vet) right away. It’s just heartbreaking,” she said.

She named the dog Madden after the golf course where they found him.

Martin said he needed immediate surgery.

But Madden wasn’t the only dog they had rescued that needed surgery.

Last year they also saved another dog that a driver hit and dragged.

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