Animal Care & Protective Services says a dog had to be humanely euthanized after they found him unable to stand inside the home due to his level of emaciation.
One dog is dead and two are receiving care after animal service officials found them abandoned in a Jacksonville home without their owner for 13 days while in “disturbing” conditions.
Animal Care & Protective Services says its officers responded to the home after concerned neighbors called the city regarding a family who went out of town and left three dogs, Aurum, Bullion and Nugget, alone.
The family reportedly had someone checking on the dogs, but neighbors said nobody was seen showing up to the home in the entire 13-day period.
When officials arrived at the home, they said the power was off, making the conditions the dogs were left in more dangerous.
The condition of the home was described as “full of clutter, urine, feces, bugs, and trash.”
Video from ACPS shows officers helping Aurum, who could not stand due to his level of emaciation. He was taken in for emergency medical care, where he later had to be humanely euthanized. He was two years old.
Buillon and Nugget, both six months old, were taken into care by G.R.E.AT. Rescue of NE Florida.
“We know that a loving family will find them very shortly, and for that, we’re so, so grateful,” ACPS wrote on social media.
Anyone who suspects an animal has been abandoned is asked to call ACPS at (904) 630-2489 or report concerns to its tip line at ACPStipline@coj.net.
“Let’s work together, Duval, to make sure that Aurum, Bullion, and Nugget are the last dogs we ever have to find in such a heartbreaking condition,” the organization said in a statement.