This comes from Hearts United for Animals out of Nebraska:
Rescue in Progress – John and Julie are just arriving back at HUA with The Lion King. He has been homeless in a disadvantaged part of north Omaha (just north of 20th and Lake) for an estimate of three years. An HUA Director was alerted to the situation on December 10th. Local animal control had reportedly been trying to catch him for three years. The dog, sweet but very afraid, only had the courage to approach children. Unfortunately, this summer those children thought it would be funny to dump green paint on him. He forgave them. He often walked with them to school, keeping them company at the bus stop, but no adult could get close enough to touch him. Reports were that his collar was grown into his neck. It may have been at one time, but today, when he was finally captured, it hung very loose. Although kind neighbors had been setting food out for him, he was burning calories from trying to keep warm faster than he could eat.
The Lion King Makes Friends – John and Mac at HUA are spending time getting to know The Lion King, a stray who had been…
Posted by Hearts United for Animals on Thursday, December 31, 2015
He had been frequenting an abandoned house where HUA set a humane live trap when we heard of his plight. We canvased the neighborhood talking to neighbors and offering rewards. Today was The Lion King’s lucky day. He wandered into an enclosed porch of a home where he frequently visited the husky in their yard. They had left the door open for him so he would come in and get a drink as all of the water set outside for him is now frozen solid. They were able to go around the side of the house when they saw him and quickly close the door. He fell into a heap when he was first touched, very relieved and very grateful. John spent some time getting to know him on the porch and was then able to carry him to the van for the ride back to HUA.
It is too soon to know what his needs are, but obviously they will be extensive. It will take several days of earning his trust to be able to groom him and find out all of his medical needs. He did not appear to have any severe wounds. His paw pads are ok but nails are down to the nub from wearing on the pavement. He will be treated for fleas and other parasites tonight. Right now his main need is to eat and rest. We will have to take things slow with this precious boy, as his spirit has been very broken in the past. We aren’t sure if he has ever had a home, but today he does. He is home at HUA.
The Lion King has a little bubbly (bath) for New Year’s Eve. Earlier today, after consulting with his new-found little dog friends in Homeward Bound, The King decided that a bath would be ok. He even graciously consented to having his fur shaved. Julie said it was the hardest groom she has ever done, as the paint and years’ worth of dirt were glued to his skin. As we suspected, he had to be completely shaved. John stayed by his side and gave him frequent breaks with short walks and words of encouragement. Our gentle giant is all clean and ready to start the best year of his life. After three years stray on the streets of North Omaha, this was likely his first bath ever. We are so proud of how well he did.
If you would like to donate towards his care, please click here. Follow HUA on Facebook for updates and information about adopting.
Tracey Sparagis
I hope the parents of those children are made to pay for his care. What little jerks. He trusted them
Kids suck in my opinion and they learn their bratty evil ways from horrible parents.
This is in my town!! HUA does amazing things with/for animals! Such a happy ending for King 🐶🐾❤️
Kids are so cruel.
reap what you sow
Little brats to do such a thing. They learned this behavior from somewhere
Kids need to learn to respect animals
Ugly, evil monsters.. Relieved and so happy for Lion King!!
Steve Katic
I teach my Son to respect animal he even tells me “feed the dogs” and he is only four. Kids can’t teach themselves good manners and values.
I agree totally. Kids are not taught compassion for anyone other themselves. Plus, parents don’t teach manners to them either. Maybe the parents don’t know them either. It’s illegal to discipline children, so maybe we are reaping what has been sown.
clearly those little shits need a good lesson taught. i’d throw paint on those lil bastards and make them fend for themselves in the wild for a few weeks. #GenerationOfLittleShits
Yes the brats should be punished. if not, they will grow up doing more harm to people if they’re not doing that already.
neuter and spay the kids who dumped the paint… clean up the gene pool early
Such little shits. These kind of kids grow up to be serial killers.
Kids do cruel and stupid things though , as a child, I would have never harmed an animal . I think they should be made to work 1 hour per week in a shelter to see the consequences of animal abuse. That this pup forgave them and walked them to the bus stop each morning will probably be lost on them but what a beautiful heart he has.
Awww!
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Hmm, I’d like to dump paint on those kids and see how they like it.
Thank you for saving him!!
Little bastard brats that’s gonna be the adult criminals!! Such proud parents you must be idiots
Those that aren’t kind to animals, cannot be kind to man!! Little shits would’ve got a boot up the backside if I caught them!! 😡
Cute poor Darling.
How come almost everytime I open up your sites link, I always get spammed with crap like this.
Aren’t children great? I’ll stick with the dog!
Poor guy. And those brats should be shown proper respect for living things 😡
Kids are assholes
Sick evil brats!!!!! U will find harsh punishment coming your way !
great
Will be sending a donation.
Miss my Chow Chow, Chloe.
thats kids whos parents have not taught them to be kind and thqat animals have feelings
Happy for the Lion King. Hope he takes to a good life easily. Kids like that are our future animal abusers!!!!
punk ass kids, we should neuter some parents, serious !
asshole kids should be held responcible and their parents alowing it to happen and made to foot the bill
What little brats with no respect need teaching to respect and love animals if they don’t they won’t respect anything or anyone
What kind people..thank you x
So glad he is now safe warm and fed he is a gorgeous dog who deserves a forever home xxx
Thank u God, & that deserves an Amen!
Bad parenting happy for Lion King
AMEN!
bless
I just want to hug him and tell him I’ll love him forever!!!! How can kids be so cruel!!!! This seriously made me cry!!!! He’s so beautiful!!!
Bless you for rescuing these poor animals.
those kids most likely have some deep rooted problems… this poor guy loved them anyway…people should be more like dogs…love unconditionally
Happy for lion king. Thank you for saving him 👍😀🐾💕
Good boy.
Thank you Life With Dogs for the coverage of our special dog, King! We have posted updates on our Facebook page in case anyone is interested in King’s progress: https://www.facebook.com/heartsunitedforanimals/?fref=ts
God bless-children can be so cruel…sometimes I wonder…
Thank you from the bottom of the heart. From thousand miles we wish all these innocent souls all the bliss.
Live the good life Lion King…as for the kids…they and their parents deserve some type of penalties…
I truly hope those kids were punished or at least received a good sermon from their parents.
The saddest thing is that the parents are teaching the cruelest kids……….
Stop the
Cycle………..
What a bunch of rotten brats! Mine would never, ever done such a thing to any animal. The enjoyment they may of had would not be worth the price they would pay for such cruelty. My kids would probably still be grounded, and working at a shelter.
Ashley Creagh 😍
God Bless you! 💛
Thank god!
It saddens me that though children did that to him when he gave them nothing but his trust and if they were in trouble king would of no doubt helped and protected them. I think they should be made to help at the center. And see what the poor scared animals have been through. So happy he will now have a wonderful life.
I would like to adopt this boy. I believe he would give my girl a friend and some youth. She is chow also. A very gentle baby.
God bless and watch over u Lion King. U deserve all the love and kindess in the world. Hope your new family appreciates you!
Some of the ad’s you have on your page have malware. I just clicked on this article and it tried to redirect me to an app then my screen turned blue and my phone shut off. Not cool. I understand you need advertising but not at the cost of exposing your followers to stuff like this.
those little bastards need a good beating with a switch to bad in america thats illegal know the parents deserve it to for raising little bastards like that
Praying for him!
Thank You !
So glad to hear you were able to rescue him. Hugs and prayers been sent to all!
he looks like he is worth the effort
So very cruel11
idiot parents raising kids like that. All should be made to work in Amimal shelters and clinics..for a couple years.
Poor baby
I really don’t care for children, I love dogs and animals much better but I must admit there are children out there that are good hearted with the right upbringing. I believe children are innocent when they are very little. Children learn from their surroundings. This is just how I feel.
Became friends with a HUSKY 🐺 hmmm sounds familiar ey? Alex
Rogue children who did this should suffer the consequences in some way.Curse.
Thank goodness!!!
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Bless his sweet heart….stupid and horrible thing to do to another creature…
What the hell. Why why are people so mean???
My heart goes out to any animal who is being mistreated. For God put us over the animals to take care of them, not to abuse and misuse them and it’s very hurtful to an animal lover as myself. I have just taken in a kitten, at the time he was nothing but about 3 weeks old when i got him, he is such a soldier. My girls named him Champ because when we got him, he had a bad respitory infection , his eyes were infected, they was giving him tuna at the tender age of 3 weeks and he was outside in a box all alone. Then my daughter bought him home , he lived behind her friend house. I fell in love instantly and cannot imagine myself without him. He makes me smile when i’m down or angry, he is so silly , he makes me laugh. I love him and would never hurt him, so when I saw the story of The Lion King it really touched me and i’m so happy that he was one of the fortunate ones that was saved! Keep posting for I would love to see his progress and I know one day he will be adopted. LET’S END ANIMAL CRUELTY ONE ANIMAL AT A TIME IF NEED BE!!!!
Kids like those will grow up bullies and assholes……..they already are……….I’m so happy they could capture him finally and gave him the care he desperately needed after all these lonely years…….
Wonderful,bless you,xx
I am so sick and tired of sick, stupid people. I wish we could round them all up and teach them a good lesson!
God bless this baby and give him a home to show him what love is, Amen
I only hope this new reporting to the FBI about animal abuse will finally help to stop animal cruelty and punish the ones doing it.
GOD BLESS HIM AND I HOPE HE FINDS A FAMILY!!
Humans can be so cruel. How can a parent allow their children to behave that way. They need to be punished for their crime, and not just community service.
those kids
Ah thank goodness, poor soul
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Lion King rules !!!!!! ……he’s now where he deserves to be – wonderful job folks – bravo ❤️🐶🐾😇🙏🌟✨💫 …….👑
kids are just so bad sometimes
Bastard children
An adult hurt him so he wouldn’t let adults near him. Then children hurt him. He only had another dog to trust. Humanity… Such a joke.
Kids do mean things, sometimes. But as a child, if I had dared to harm any animal ours or neighbors my backside would certainly endure real pain! All pets, in our family were fed before we ate. Part of chores. Still do that to this day. But animal abuse was NOT permitted, absolutely NOT permitted. Never had thought to do such a thing anyway.
Evil little BRATS. I hope they are made to volunteer in a shelter and LEARN COMPASSION! smh
I truly hope Karma catches up with these little punks!!! Even our young have the potential to be cruel & sadistic – yet we call ourselves the intelligent species – if we were intelligent at all we would get rid of the ‘rotten fruit’ amoungst us – they are no good, only cause pain & suffering and a waste of life. ANIMALS LIVES MATTER SO MUCH MORE THEN ‘ROTTEN FRUIT’!!!
So glad you were able to rescue him. I hope he will finally get the home all dogs deserve.