January 27, 2008

The doggie being taken by the ambulance

One of the assholes that broke into the animal hospital (pictures courtesy of the Chicago Tribune)

1am Monday night while driving on Division and Clybourn, I see a tiny black dog running leashless down the street at breakneck speed. I quickly stop the car and scream "Oh my God Rees go help him!", and Rees promptly gets out and chases after it . I turn the car around and try to keep up with the dog, who clearly looked like he belonged to someone and had gotten loose. What ensued was 20 minutes of us driving around Cabrini Green, occasionally spotting the dog, then he would get frightened and run away again. I refused to give up because I knew if he was left to himself he would end up freezing to death. Eventually we found him in a tiny side street and had him cornered. He ran underneath my car (the poor thing was probably half frozen) and refused to get out. I called 311 and pretty soon there were 5 squad cars there with (gasp) nice police officers trying to coax the poor dog out from under my car. He wouldn't budge.

The police officer tells us that they had arrested 2 guys for breaking into a nearby animal hospital. They opened up the cages and there were animals running around inside the place, and some that had probably gotten outside. After another 20 minutes standing out in the cold, an ambulance came as well as someone from the Goldcoast Animal Hospital. He was able to get the dog out on a special leash, and the EMTs quickly wrapped him up in towels to warm him up. We were all so happy that he was okay, and I hope to God that they were able to get all the animals that were let loose.

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