Hillsborough County Animal Control is investigating after a driver dumped a dog in the parking lot of a plastic surgeon’s office in Tampa.
The incident happened around 7:45 a.m. on Feb. 7.
Dr. Geoffrey Kwitko said he received a notification on his phone from his Blink camera.
His office is located on MacDill Avenue and Azeele Street in Tampa.
“By the time I walked out, the car had been gone. The dog was gone, but my secretary, Janine, was pulling up and saw the dog walking down MacDill, so we locked up the building and went after the dog,” said Dr. Kwitko.
Dr. Kwitko said the dog was located about a block away on MacDill Avenue and Platt Street. He said his secretary and a veterinarian from Four Paws Veterinary Hospital located the 2-year-old dog and took her to the Humane Society of Tampa Bay.
“I’m shocked that somebody would do this to a dog. If you don’t want the dog, drive it to the humane society, drive it to a shelter, don’t just leave the dog out on a busy street where the dog could be hurt,” said Dr. Kwitko.