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DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — After being found abandoned inside a dumpster, a dog named Kingston is safe, healing and surrounded by people determined to help him start over.
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On Tuesday, employees heard a strange noise coming from a dumpster behind The Scrap Exchange thrift store on Chapel Hill Road in Durham. When they opened the lid, they found the dog with a cord wrapped around its neck.
Surveillance video showed a man in an orange shirt and dark pants yelling at the dog. Then, the video shows the man dragging Kingston across the lot before the camera captured a loud bang.
The pup was later rescued from the dumpster and taken to the Animal Protection Society of Durham.
“He was really nervous, was the first thing we noticed,” Director of Animal Well-Being Dr. Samantha Zurlinden said. “So we took our time to get him out of the kennel and take him to a quieter area of the shelter.”
The APS of Durham told CBS 17 that Kingston is making quick progress, playing in the yard with volunteers and running around.
“Even though he was really, really nervous, he allowed us to handle him,” Zurlinden said. “He allowed us to do a full exam, just really speaking to the resilience of him and I think dogs in general.”
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APS of Durham Interim Executive Director Stacey Bluth said Kingston will be ready to go to an adopted family on Saturday. They’re taking applications for him right now, and there’s already been so much interest.
“This is obviously a heartbreaking story,” Bluth said. “It is so exciting to see the community come together, the outpouring of support.”
Though Kingston is still getting over his fears, the sweet, special guy is in a much better place and looking for his forever home.
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“That is why we are here is to be a safe place in the community, so we hope that his story brings awareness to that and that more people turn to us and trust us when they need us,” Bluth said.
According to the shelter, Kingston is set to be neutered and microchipped as workers also monitor a skin infection.
Bluth said this is a good reminder that people can also chip in to help nearly 5,000 animals that come their way every year.
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