Fort Worth’s “spokespup” is retiring, and you’re invited to give him a big sendoff.
Henry is a 14-year-old Labrador mix who was brought into Fort Worth’s animal shelter in very bad shape.
“13 years ago, Henry was running with a pack of aggressive dogs over on the east side; and over time, he became dehydrated and malnourished, and he just gave up the gusto,” says Brandon Bennett, Fort Worth’s code compliance director who also became Henry’s handler. “He was in such poor condition that he was scheduled to be euthanized later that afternoon.”
But Bennett had other ideas.
“I happened to be walking through the shelter that day,” Bennett recalls. “I saw Henry and said, ‘You know, we’re euthanizing way too many dogs, and today is going to be the day we change that.'”
So Henry was nursed back to health so that he could live a full, productive life.
“We felt that we could demonstrate to the public and the business community that with a little bit of love and time that we could save more animals like Henry,” says Bennett.