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A dog named Dior, a French bulldog, is recovering after a viral TikTok video showing him trapped and severely malnourished on a Miami high-rise balcony led to his owner’s arrest and sparked a rescue effort that will end with him going home with the woman who first raised the alarm.
Rosalicia Bernal, a nearby resident at the ParkLine Miami condominiums, filmed Dior alone on the balcony, surrounded by waste, struggling to walk, and at one point drinking rainwater that had pooled on the floor.
“I need help. The dog is not safe,” Bernal said in the video, which went on to draw more than a million views after it spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X…