GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — Deputies arrested a person after his canine was rescued from rising flood waters throughout extreme climate final Sunday, in keeping with a launch from Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office.
Officers responded to a flooded lot off Highmarket Street the place a canine was chained to a tree and standing in water as much as her shoulders, in keeping with GCSO. She was reportedly barking in misery.
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A deputy waded into the water, eliminated the canine’s chain was placed her in a patrol automotive.
Because the street to St. Frances Animal Center was flooded, the canine was placed in an open Ok-9 kennel on the sheriff’s workplace the place she was given meals and water.
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On Monday, GCSO Animal Control transported the canine to St. Frances, the place she is presently being housed. The canine’s proprietor, Roosevelt Chandler III, was arrested on a warrant for animal cruelty and booked on the Georgetown County Detention Center.