AUSTIN, Texas — A dog named Benji is on the road to recovery after being discovered injured and abandoned in a trash bag inside a dumpster. The incident unfolded at the Drug Emporium store, where an employee noticed suspicious activity early in the morning.
Store manager Scott Halvorson recounted the discovery: “One of the ladies in the back room opened the door and she saw a gentleman that was throwing a bag in the trash. The bag wasn’t really full and so she thought it was kind of odd, and so after he drove off she came and looked inside.”
Upon finding the dog, employees quickly acted to rescue him. “We came out here and got a ladder and got the dog out, and saw it was still alive and still had bright eyes it had a wound on its side, we were afraid it got shot,” Halvorson said…