FRESNO, Calif. ( KSEE/KGPE ) – An employee at Fresno State says she cannot believe the City of Fresno’s policy for dealing with found dogs is to abandon them a second time – an order she was told came directly from Mayor Jerry Dyer himself.
Fresno State Library Assistant Tricia Totherow says it was around lunchtime on Friday she found a dog on campus she believes had run away from a nearby home.
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“We were concerned, due to the time of day, that it might go run into the busy street,” Totherow said.
Being a self-proclaimed animal lover with four dogs and 10 cats at home, Totherow says she started calling out to the dog to get his attention and distract him while she called the agencies she thought could help.
“We called the various animal rescues and shelters in the area. From just a phone call, none of them were able to receive a stray animal,” Totherow said. “They told me that if it was injured or sick or aggressive, they might”