Abandoned dog left tied to fence before Hurricane Milton now 'safe and sound' with new name

The bull terrier that stole hearts aft it was tied to a fence and abandoned earlier Hurricane Milton ravaged Florida is present recovering successful foster care.

The update was announced by the Leon County Humane Society connected Thursday. The terrier, present named Trooper aft the instrumentality enforcement officers who rescued him, is presently being cared for.

"We wanted to fto those who person been pursuing this communicative cognize that helium is harmless and sound, due to the fact that we've been disquieted astir him since seeing his story," the enactment said successful a Facebook post.

"We besides privation those pursuing to cognize that we instrumentality carnal abandonment earnestly and volition beryllium intimately watching his lawsuit and utilizing his acquisition to educate."

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The bull terrier was rescued by instrumentality enforcement connected Wednesday. (Florida Highway Patrol / Leon County Humane Society via Facebook)

The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) shared heart-wrenching video of Trooper being rescued by an serviceman connected the broadside of a freeway connected Wednesday arsenic Milton began to carnivore down connected the country earlier making landfall arsenic a Category 3 tempest with 120 mph winds aboriginal that night.

The bodycam footage shows the position of the officer, who walks towards Trooper and mildly talks to him earlier removing him from the fence.

"It's OK, buddy. It's OK," the serviceman said arsenic the frightened bull terrier growled astatine him. Trooper was leg-deep successful floodwater erstwhile helium was saved.

The Leon County Humane Society said that Trooper's caretakers are inactive getting to cognize the canine and tending to him, arsenic helium arrived astatine the structure successful an anxious state.

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A Florida Highway Patrol trooper rescued Trooper, erstwhile helium was stranded and tied to a rod adjacent a freeway connected Wednesday. (Leon County Humane Society via Facebook)

"He's incredibly stressed and inactive decompressing," the carnal structure said. "Abandoning a canine similar this doesn't typically let for an contiguous bounce backmost to their blessed selves."

"Most dogs erstwhile rescued instrumentality a fewer days to consciousness safe, a fewer weeks to travel retired of their shell, and a fewer months to go comfy and autumn into a routine."

The video attracted the attraction of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who called retired the dog's owners successful a societal media post.

"It is cruel for anyone to permission a canine tied to a station successful the mediate of an oncoming storm. FL volition clasp anyone who mistreats pets accountable," DeSantis wrote.

The Leon County Humane Society volition enactment Trooper up for adoption erstwhile the canine "is ready," the enactment said. It is not presently accepting applications.

Trooper was recovered successful a ample puddle of h2o successful Florida connected Wednesday.  (Florida Highway Patrol)

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"We person perfectly nary thought what his beingness looked similar earlier helium was abandoned," the humane nine explained. "We privation to beryllium definite that we cognize precisely what helium needs earlier adjacent considering adoption, truthful he'll beryllium successful foster attraction until we consciousness assured he's acceptable for the adjacent signifier of life, and that his aboriginal volition beryllium benignant to him."

Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano contributed to this report.