FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – Deputies on Thursday arrested two men after finding two dogs and two pigeons suffering inside the metal cargo area of a U-Haul as temperatures climbed to 102 degrees, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said.
The sheriff’s office said a caller reported seeing a dog trying to climb out of the back of a U-Haul as it traveled down the road Thursday. Deputies located the truck at a RaceTrac convenience store at 301 Palm Coast Parkway Northeast and opened the roll-up door.
Inside, they found a 70-pound pit bull mix having difficulty standing and an English bulldog of about 80 pounds that could not stand, the office said. Both dogs were lying in their own urine and drank water deputies gave them. Animal control officers who responded determined the animals were suffering from neglect and transported them to East Coast Animal Hospital for emergency treatment…