Puppy Comes Back To Life After Euthanization In Oklahoma (VIDEO)

Another euthanized dog has come back from the dead.

A cage of puppies was found sitting outside the Sulphur Animal Shelter last Friday evening. Animal Control Officer Scott Prall reports that the puppies appeared to be sick, and thus they were all euthanized. "Each one was pronounced dead with a stethoscope and everything," reports Prall to KWTV. The dogs were sent to a dumpster for disposal.

The following morning, Prall looked inside of the dumpster, and was shocked to find one puppy very much alive and healthy. The puppy has been named "Wall-E" to signify that he is the only one left alive. The name is debatably sweet or disturbing.

People around the country are volunteering to adopt Wall-E, and the clinic plans to find him a home by next week. Last year, another dog was put to sleep, only to be declared alive the following day.

While Wall-E's story may have a happy ending, his experience highlights two broader systematic problems.

First, the vet clinic and Animal Control both report that Wall-E and other dogs could have been given the chance to live, had there been a better animal shelter in Murray County. The nearby clinics are considered inadequate, and a local group is currently trying to raise money to build a better shelter.

Second, while Wall-E has received many offers from loving families, up to 4 million animals will be euthanized this year in animal shelters. While disturbing personal stories about Wall-E and a puppy in the mail receive strong outpourings of support, millions of other animals are ignored. Local vet Amanda Kloski says there is an entire shelter of dogs with Wall-E who are waiting to be adopted. These shelter dogs and others are featured on PetFinder.com.

WATCH the living euthanized puppy:

Comments

[casaroonc]

10:08 PM on 03/07/2011

Makes me feel good that my family just adopted a puppy around Thanksgiving.

But it makes me sad that people are so thoughtless about their actions.

[Di Benedetto]

01:36 PM on 03/07/2011

It would be nice if there was a link or contact information posted about the local group trying to raise money for a new shelter, so those of us reading this article could contact them to make donations or volunteer. Also, couldn't someone from the shelter contact other shelters out of the area to see if they can take puppies before they are euthanized? Maybe try to recruit more volunteers to search for better alternatives before making a decision on euthanization. Placing the dead puppies in a trash dumpster cannot be sanitary. Is this even legal? I guess the puppy is lucky he wasn't cremated, that would have been horrible. Makes me wonder how often this kind of thing happens and is not reported.

[Ganeshari]

09:46 PM on 03/06/2011

I hope whatever drug they used to attempt to euthanize him doesn't affect his health negatively.

[Anne Philiben]

07:35 PM on 03/06/2011

Just this week in Oregon authorities found an illegal puppy mill with 30+ dogs in horrendous condition. Many had to be euthanized immediately Some were puppies and others were pregnant. I hate people like this.

[madnana]

06:17 PM on 03/06/2011

I am shocked and surprised they didn't finish what they started. I feel very hostil toward "kill" shelters. We have a "no kill" shelter whose euthansia rate dropped dramatically when volunteers, who were eager to help, took the dogs and cats out into the community on Saturdays and Sundays, lowering the price of adoption for dogs and cats at risk. Our no kill shelter also has a program like that plus a dog trainer who works for much lower pay than her rate to help dogs get ready for forever homes and even after their forever homes to help with problems. They could start with volunteers from the community taking a few dogs out to places like a hardware store or pet supply store every week.
People, in general, must take responsible to get their pets spayed or neutered and to get a chip put in so the can't get lost. I could go on and on, There are many solutions. People only have to have the will to put them in place. All you people who want Wall-E, remember there are lots of other cute puppies. Those who think euthanizing with gas like canine auschwitx need to wake up.

[JadedNY]

04:50 PM on 03/06/2011

Glad the puppy lived. But it's a little sad that so many people want to adopt it just because it's now a press-worthy novelty. Where were all these people when the now-euthanized dogs needed care and homes?

[Jessica Goldman]

12:09 PM on 03/06/2011

Doesn't it disturb people that the euthanized puppies were thrown in a dumpster?? Besides the fact that I disagree with the fact that they were being euthanized in the first place...why are they being disposed of like trash? There should be a better burial process even for abandoned animals.

[JadedNY]

04:49 PM on 03/06/2011

Yes, that is disturbing, thrown out like trash. Why not at least cremate?

[VanTroi]

09:16 AM on 03/07/2011

He would have been burned alive

[megs1985]

03:09 PM on 03/07/2011

In this case, it's works because he could have been burned alive. But, yes throwing them in the dumpster is disturbing.

[PaulTheZombie]

03:11 AM on 03/06/2011

If people truly want to help this pup, adopt another pup at your local shelter. A popular story such as this will ensure this pup's adoption. Help another. I adopted a pup from a shelter and she's my best friend. We paid $80 for her, but her real value is priceless. I love her. We communicate without words. Because I understand her, she loves me. She's also our little peacemaker in the house.

[scoobynooby]

02:01 PM on 03/05/2011

Let me guess, the dope they used to kill the dogs was from china?

[NVEnvy07]

10:00 PM on 03/04/2011

Blogger is so right about all of the other animals.

[holyghostie]

09:40 PM on 03/04/2011

I volunteered for years in an animal shelter, and it breaks your heart to see what humans do to animals. And we are suppossed to be the more enlightened species...

[captainkennedy]

08:44 AM on 03/05/2011

Agreed. It also breaks my heart to see what humans do to other less fortunate humans.

[VanTroi]

09:16 AM on 03/07/2011

This is about animals

[Mia Riback]

09:12 PM on 03/04/2011

It's nice that everyone wants to adopt this pup because he has a cool story, just like the Katrina dogs. Go check out your local shelter, and ASK the workers about the stories of the dogs that are sitting there waiting to be adopted, they have a story too. Shame on those who just want THIS pup because of his "cool" story. If you want a pup head to your local shelter and help one in YOUR back yard, not one because he made the news.

[Angie Daniels]

08:22 PM on 03/04/2011

We really need to emphasize that there are great dogs to be found at the pound and through rescue. (and kitties too!) Loving animals, young and old, that just want some good food, belly rubs and loving families. If you're moved to adopt Wall-E, just think he's one of many who don't deserve to be thrown in a dumpster because they weren't "wanted". If all the people calling about him or Guess were to adopt a dog out of their local shelter, a lot of animals would be saved.

[Matthew Breslin]

07:31 PM on 03/04/2011

ZOMBIE DOG!!!!

[olitenup]

04:36 PM on 03/04/2011

This story has troubled me from the moment I read it. Someone took those pups to the shelter for just reason, to get them shelter and to care for them, with hopes they would find homes. Then the alleged rescuers kill them...WHAT?

But then today comes a story where 38 dogs from a place in OH are rescued and they are immediately killed, ALL of them. Killed by the alleged people who where there to save them.

This is outrageous!!!

[Ganeshari]

09:40 PM on 03/06/2011

These people/shelters are overwhelmed. If it outrages you that much, then do something about it.

[olitenup]

11:13 AM on 03/07/2011

I do. I contribute, adopt, and consistantly work with animal abuse organizations to stop over breeding in horses and to stop puppy mills from exisisting.