Puppy Stuck Under Car In Miami, Saved By Firefighters (VIDEO)

One puppy has a group of firefighters to thank for saving his life.

According to CNN/WSVN, a young dog was stuck under an engine in Miami, possibly for several hours, before people heard his cries and called for rescue help.

Firefighters lifted the vehicle with a car jack to pull out the dog. According to fire officials, there was actually a silver lining to the pup being stuck under the car -- he was protected from the Florida sun.

FOX News reports that the puppy is recovering well. He is with an animal rescue group while he receives medical care, and according to WSVN, officials are looking to find the dog's owner.

Interested in being another puppy's hero? Millions of dogs without a home are killed in the U.S. each year. Consider adopting a pet through organizations such as Petfinder.com and ASPCA.

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Comments

[floodberg]

02:49 PM on 08/03/2011

HP, thanks for including the links to SPCA and Petfinder. 

Rescues are unquestionably the most loving pets you can have.  I have two formerly-abused boy cats (all my dogs and cats have been neglected, abused, strays, etc.) I'm associated with a no-kill SPCA shelter, and we need animal parents all over the country.

[Kathy Ann HenhafferRowan]

07:11 AM on 08/03/2011

They should set-up a site so people can send money to help this pup he look like he can use some care and a new good home i'am a little concern about the man with the hook that he used on the puppys collar the puppy looked harmless . He looked scare more them anything i have a big fence in yard i would take him i live in new jersey if anyone reads this comment you have my e-mail. But if not i pray he get good care and a safe and loving home.

[LivelyLexie]

10:27 PM on 08/02/2011

Poor little baby! So glad they were able to get him out safely.

[riverdivine]

05:06 PM on 08/02/2011

"Officials are looking to find the dog's owner"....?! They're kidding, right?

What responsible, caring person would simply abandon their dog trapped underneath a car engine?? And/or let a puppy wander the streets alone (to find a car engine to crawl into)?
Who says some sick person didn't actually PUT the puppy in that situation?

That poor pup does not look well at all. How about finding that sweet dog a new, caring, responsible home- and finding the previous owners, and charging them with animal neglect.?

Or, would that just make TOO MUCH sense?

[Froidinslip]

09:43 AM on 08/03/2011

Hopefully they are looking to find the owner to press criminal charges.

[karen lyons kalmenson]

04:03 PM on 08/02/2011

what a happy tale...sure nice to read happy ending animal stories for a change

[PaticaDeGato]

03:52 PM on 08/02/2011

Well, in those cases it's typically the case that the kitty was trapped under the hood of a car, while this puppy only had to walk backwards to free himself. The question now is, where exactly was the puppy's owner?

[Kristin Talbott]

04:59 PM on 08/02/2011

I had a dog that as a puppy couldn't go backwards. He just hadn't figured out that it was possible yet. He'd go behind the couch and when he couldn't get out the other end (a table leg was in the way) he'd just stand there and cry.

Puppies are awesome, but there are some pretty basic things they don't know.

[Chad Wheeler]

01:36 PM on 08/03/2011

And he could have been petrified, too scared to do anything but hide.

[dvncmdy]

03:27 PM on 08/02/2011

Awwwwwwwww.....poor little fella...glad he's ok!

[Oneandoneandone]

02:40 PM on 08/02/2011

Poor baby. I'm glad they were able to rescue him!

[deminmo]

01:38 PM on 08/02/2011

Glad that pup made it out alive. Wicked looking hook holding his collar tho.

[Sepulchre]

01:44 PM on 08/02/2011

Spam with viruses.

[we-r-stardust]

02:06 PM on 08/02/2011

SPAM....FLAGGED

[PaticaDeGato]

01:25 PM on 08/02/2011

Further evidence that cats are the smarter species.

[imonlyhereforthelaughs]

02:04 PM on 08/02/2011

I'll see your dumb dog comment and raise you a cat being flung from a ceiling fan video.

[think-it-over]

02:05 PM on 08/02/2011

When's the last time you heard about a dog getting killed after climbing into the engine compartment?

[StinkyBush]

01:19 PM on 08/02/2011

That puppy looks like the middle class of America. Hopefully, we saved too.

[Kenneth Galvin]

01:46 PM on 08/02/2011

Sorry, the Republican tea party terrorists' along with our enabler-an-chief has thrown the middle-class under the bus

[StinkyBush]

01:49 PM on 08/02/2011

So you are saying we in for a bumpy ride...I agree with you.

[Spiral Architect]

07:16 PM on 08/02/2011

The only terrorist is the guy in the white house

[Kim0330]

12:07 PM on 08/02/2011

Wow, what a great story! I'm glad that the puppy was saved.