{"id":281078,"date":"2026-05-22T17:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/281078\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:25:08","slug":"malnourished-dog-abandoned-in-fort-lauderdale-making-miracle-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/281078\/","title":{"rendered":"Malnourished dog abandoned in Fort Lauderdale making \u2018miracle\u2019 recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0May 22, 2026 at 12:55 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/18\/fort-lauderdale-police-opens-animal-abuse-case-after-rescuing-dog\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/18\/fort-lauderdale-police-opens-animal-abuse-case-after-rescuing-dog\/\" target=\"_blank\">French bulldog found badly malnourished in Fort Lauderdale<\/a> stepped outside and walked around an animal hospital on Friday, another major milestone in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/19\/badly-malnourished-dog-found-in-fort-lauderdale-showing-signs-of-recovery\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/19\/badly-malnourished-dog-found-in-fort-lauderdale-showing-signs-of-recovery\/\">recovery process<\/a> for a dog bestowed the name \u201cMiracle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/05\/22\/perro-desnutrido-abandonado-en-fort-lauderdale-logra-recuperacion-milagrosa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/05\/22\/perro-desnutrido-abandonado-en-fort-lauderdale-logra-recuperacion-milagrosa\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She\u2019s expected to head to a foster parent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI hadn\u2019t been able to see her walk yet and I can\u2019t believe she\u2019s walking,\u201d Cindy Mucciaccio with <a href=\"https:\/\/iheartanimalrescue.pet\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/iheartanimalrescue.pet\/\">iHeart Animal Rescue<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It\u2019s not clear how long she had been on her own after being found abandoned behind a Walgreens on Broward Boulevard, but she suffered serious health complications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The search for whoever neglected \u201cMiracle\u201d continued Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fort Lauderdale police said they have canvassed the area seeking surveillance video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Anyone with information is asked to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.<\/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 22, 2026 at 12:55 PM FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 A French bulldog found badly malnourished in Fort&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-281078","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\/281078","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=281078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}