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Pet Rescue
����Mistreat your animals and someone might take them from you.
����Allen ��not his real name�� is driving north out of Virginia in the middle of the night�� with stolen property in the back of his van. But Allen isn't a criminal �C in fact he normally would never dream of breaking the law.
����The ��property�� he stole is a dog he calls Flash. Allen doesn't particularly want Flash �C in fact�� in a few hours he'll drop him off at a stranger's house and never see him again. ��I couldn't just stand by and do nothing���� he explains. ��The owner was plainly neglecting the dog�� but the police wouldn't do anything about it.��
����For over a year�� Flash had been tied to a tree in front of someone's house. ��He was sick and malnourished���� says Allen. ��More than once I saw [the owner] kick him for no reason at all.�� Allen had repeatedly tried to get the owner to take better care of the animal�� or to give it away to someone who would. Finally�� he took matters into his own hands �C in the dead of night�� he took Flash off his chain and drove away with him.
����Within an hour�� Flash had a new license tag and was being treated by a veterinarian who knew better than to ask questions. Pictures of the dog were put up on animal rescue websites�� asking for someone to adopt the dog. A couple in New York offered to take the dog�� and animal lovers in states along the way agreed to provide transportation.
����Nobody can say for sure how many animals like Flash are ��rescued' every year �C receiving stolen property is a crime�� so rescuers tend to stay in the shadows. But a growing number of empty collars attests to their work as more and more animals find their way to loving homes.
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