The woman couldn’t provide vet records to fly with the dog so she abandoned him at the ticket counter
A severely neglected dog that was abandoned at the airport got a big change of clothes and a new home just in time for the holidays.
The Shih tzu mix, now named Bama, was abandoned at an American Airlines ticketing counter at Tampa International Airport after its owner was unable to provide vet records to fly with the dog.
Airport police contacted Corinn Smith with VIP Rescue, who agreed to bring the dog in.
The poor dog was getting too old, so the first thing Smith did was take him to the grocer for a haircut.
Smith said: “They sheared him like a sheep. Fox 13 News. “His ears, he had tufts of hair on his ears, they were about four inches long, and all those toenails were gone. So he’s doing very, very well. “
He looked like a brand new dog after two-pound filthy rugs were scraped off his body.
In addition to his aging condition, Bama also suffered from a pounding heart, a tumor on his back and several ulcers on his body. He also had bleeding gums and didn’t have many teeth left.
Smith fell in love with Bama and decided to adopt him permanently. He was quite shy at first, but now he is very happy and is settling into his new home pretty quickly.
Airport police say they are looking for Bama’s owner as she faces animal cruelty charges, but because she purchased a one-way ticket leaving Tampa, her whereabouts are unknown at this time. that.
Watch Bama’s transformation in the video below:
