A heartbroken shelter dog is struggling to muster the energy even to go for a walk after being returned by his adopter.
Carl the 6-year-old’s plight was first highlighted by QC Paws, a private nonprofit organization that supports the animals of the Rock Island County Animal Care & Control Shelter in Illinois, where he currently lives.
“Carl came to us in December of 2022,” Samantha Wiley, the director of Rock Island County Animal Care & Control Shelter told Newsweek. “He was adopted out once, but it didn’t pan out as they had small pocket pets.”
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