The Brief
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A Detroit woman spotted a dog in a trash can in Detroit and needs help finding him so she can help him.
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She says he has some kind of injury to his neck and a wincing eye—he doesn’t look well.
DETROIT (FOX 2) – An image of a dog in Detroit scrounging in a trashcan for scraps is echoing all over social media.
The backstory
Lauren Yellen, who spotted him, says he’s still on the loose, and she wants to help the injured pit bull who’s clearly hungry.
“He was kind of growling at me. I was trying to say ‘treat’ even though I didn’t have one with me and get him out of the trash, but he was clearly just hungry,” she said.
It would be dog number 13 that Yellen has saved in 2025 in Detroit, where she works and lives.
“I went home to get dog food, and by the time I got back, the dog was gone. I’ve come back 4 or 5 times and I can’t find him,” said Yellen.
This one was exceptionally tough, resorting to trashcan scraps to survive. Yellen says he has some kind of injury to his neck and a wincing eye—he doesn’t look well.
This was after hours, at dusk, this week in Detroit at 7 Mile and I-75.
What’s next
She’s built a network of rescues to work with after finding a stray pregnant dog who had six puppies, but she says a lot of Detroiters don’t know where to turn when they see situations like this.
“I know with blight the city lets you text them or email them and say, ‘Here is a blighted house.’ I think we should have something similar for the dogs,” Yellen said.
Lake Worth police investigating dog park attack
The Brief
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Lake Worth police is investigating an attack at a dog park.
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Police said a woman was attacked by a brown pit bull on Wednesday at Dakota Dog Park.
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Officers are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman and dog they believe are responsible for the attack.
LAKE WORTH, Texas – Lake Worth police are asking for the public’s help identifying a dog and woman they say attacked a woman at a dog park Wednesday night.
What we know
Officers said a 47-year-old woman was attacked by a brown pit bull Wednesday night at Dakota Dog Park on Dakota Trail.
The woman was bleeding from both arms, her leg and her side. She was taken to a hospital with injuries considered serious, officers said.
Officers said they spoke with the dog’s owner prior to discovering the victim, but were unable to locate her or the dog after investigating the attack.
The woman and her dog were captured on police body cameras.
What they’re saying
“Unbeknownst to the officers, they encountered the suspect prior to hearing screams at the park,” Lake Worth police said on Facebook. “Because they feared for the victim’s safety and did not know the suspect or her dog was involved at the time, they immediately left to assist the victim.”
What you can do
Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 817-272-4495 or email detectives at lwcid@lakeworthtx.org.
The Source
Information in this article comes from a Lake Worth PD Facebook post.
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