Shelter Kills Dog Before Owners Can Pick It Up

Pet Was Identified By Microchip, Euthanized Anyway

POSTED: 5:35 pm EDT August 17, 2005

UPDATED: 1:10 pm EDT August 18, 2005

MIAMI -- On. Aug. 5, a dog escaped from his back yard and was picked up by county dogcatchers. His owner called to claim him and went twice to the shelter to pick the dog up, only to find out a week later that the dog had been euthanized

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