TAMPA, Fla. – With less than a day before Hurricane Milton’s expected landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast, troopers shared a video of a dog left tied to a pole along Interstate 75.
The Florida Highway Patrol released footage of a trooper pulling over on the side of the highway near Bruce B Downs Boulevard on Wednesday morning.
The trooper then approached the dog, which was standing nearly chest-deep in water.
“It’s OK, bud. It’s OK,” a trooper said as he walked closer to the animal.
Despite the dog growling and barking at the trooper, the FHP announced that troopers were ultimately able to rescue the animal.
“Do NOT do this to your pets please...” a post by the FHP reads.
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Milton is forecast to strike Florida’s Gulf Coast near Sarasota sometime Wednesday evening through early Thursday before storming through Central Florida on its way to the Atlantic.
FHP Troopers rescued a dog left tied to a pole on I-75 near Bruce B Downs Blvd this morning. Do NOT do this to your pets please… pic.twitter.com/8cZJOfkJL2
— FHP Tampa (@FHPTampa) October 9, 2024
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