LUNENBURG COUNTY, Va. – A group of women in Lunenburg County is upset and hoping to raise awareness about proper animal care.
The women say they’ve seen dozens of hounds that they believe were dumped in the woods or on the side of the road after hunting season this year.
“This is Dante,” explained Lunenburg farmer Ella Moses.
The name means steadfast or enduring, and this dog has certainly endured a lot.
“He was so malnourished,” said Moses. “He was unable to move, unable to stand up. He was not far from death.”
Moses and her friends Jasmine Bailey and Lisa Spears say they found Dante late one January evening in front of a rural dump, eating a deer carcass.
“We wrapped him up in a blanket because he wasn’t able to maintain his body heat,” noted Moses. “He couldn’t even stand up at all like there was zero movement.”
“I went home and cried that night because I knew he was going to die,” said Spears. “That’s how bad it was.”
But the determined Dante survived. Moses believes he was dumped.