Pet Pawfection

Animal Planet's Saved series starts up again tomorrow at 8:00 PM and returns regularly each Monday at that time. The show highlights stories of how us dogs and other pets have helped transform people's lives for the better, sometimes in their darkest hours. Some of these stories seem miraculous, but us dogs know there is a special connection with our human friends. We can sense danger when you can't, understand your feelings when words can't possibly convey meaning and support you with a furry shoulder through the very best and worst moments of your life. We do this because we love you!

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Photo Credit: Save Ace Facebook Page

We usually stick to happy stories here but we want everyone to say a prayer for poor ACE, named after the ACE hardware store where he was found huddling in a corner suffering from abuse and starvation. The owner of the store notified animal control but regrets that decision now knowing the fate of what appeared to be a scared and harmless dog.

The City's policy is to put down dogs that are not claimed within four days of being brought to the animal control facility. Despite public outcry, several people coming forward to claim him, a rescue group offering to foster him and even an injunction preventing any pit bulls resembling him being put down until a hearing on the sixteenth, ACE was euthanized. Animal control officials have stated that they didn't receive the documents before ACE was put down.

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A boat of 21 North Korean refugees was recently discovered off the coast of a South Korean island near the disputed Yellow Sea border. In what is the first case of canine defection from the north, South Korean officials were surprised to see a dog with the refugees. The castaway pup apparently belongs to one of the refugees who didn't want to leave him behind.

He obviously cared about it enough not to leave it behind but we don't know how we are going to deal with a dog. Seeing it on the boat was a great surprise. [South Korean Immigration Official]

The dog will likely spend months in quarantine, but if his human papa is granted asylum in South Korea, he has an excellent chance of staying as well. Let's hope this story has a happy ending.

Two paws up to the UK Mail Online for the scoop! Go fetch for a picture of our brave fur brother.

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