Dog left tied up outside animal shelter

[Catherine]

The Calgary Humane Society found a dog tied up outside their shelter at 4:30am on a cold night.  Surveillance videos show a black pick-up truck that stopped and the owner tied the dog to a bench and drove off. The Calgary Humane Society is hoping to find whoever did this. 

https://globalnews.ca/news/6833592/owner...-officals/

There is  never any good reason to abandon a dog like that. He could have been dropped off at a 24 hour vet clinic or turned over to an animal shelter during the day. Leaving the dog out in the cold was heartless and cruel and endangered  his life. Can you imagine how the dog felt when the truck drove off and then he was there alone getting colder and colder, wondering why no one returned for him. Whatever reason the person thought he had for abandoning the dog, the way he did it was unacceptable.  Maybe he had to give the dog up, but he could have done it the right way. There is never any good reason for cruelty.