{"id":274488,"date":"2026-05-17T21:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/274488\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T21:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:44:09","slug":"french-bulldog-found-outside-walgreens-being-cared-back-to-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/274488\/","title":{"rendered":"French bulldog found outside Walgreens being cared back to health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0May 17, 2026 at 5:15 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 Officials are caring for a French bulldog mix named Miracle who was found in bad shape in Fort Lauderdale. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miracle is between five and six years old and can barely stand on her own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She was found in the bushes outside the Walgreens located at 700 W. Broward Blvd. on Saturday night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The couple that found her called iHeart Animal Rescue, and they jumped in to take the dog to the emergency room.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The vet said despite the severe state she is in, the dog can recover, which is why the ladies at the rescue say they are going to fight for her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cTo know someone watched this dog suffer and torture it to this point, I don\u2019t want to cry again\u2026 it\u2019s awful,\u201d said Cheryl Marrone with iHeart Animal Rescue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">So far, Miracle has racked up $5,000 in medical costs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Anyone who would like to donate to help cover some of those costs can <a href=\"https:\/\/iheartanimalrescue.pet\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/iheartanimalrescue.pet\/donate\/\">click here to do so<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Brady Hunter Foundation donated $1,000 after hearing about Miracle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Additionally, Marrone and Cindy Mucciaccio, the women who run iHeart Animal Rescue, are personally (separate from their rescue) offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for neglecting Miracle.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Brett Knese\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/d3b079d0-0444-499b-8cb7-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Brett Knese<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Brett Knese joined the Local 10 News team as a general assignment reporter in March 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0May 17, 2026 at 5:15 PM FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Officials are caring for a French bulldog mix&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-274488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}