When They Saw What Was Circling This Pit Bull Puppy

Sadly, that wasn’t always the case for Lilo the Pit Bull puppy, who was unloved and chained to a tree in the backyard for the first eight months of her life. Then something even more horrific occurred causing a daring rescue attempt was made to save her. Dogs aren’t man’s best friend for nothing. Read on to learn about the incredible journey of one helpless dog from depression and neglect to a better life.

It was a gloomy day on Phillips Avenue in Greensboro, North Carolina and ominous shapes were lingering in the air. The neighborhood is highly forested, full of green trees that change colors as the seasons pass by. But those shapes in the sky were a sign of trouble.

A flock of vultures were circling high in the air, a sight that is rarely seen in the middle of the city. They were circling behind a nearby house. But just what were they circling over? And why?

One curious neighbor had to investigate the strange occurrence and what he found shocked him. The birds had already landed in a local neighbor’s backyard and were eerily hoarding around a small puppy. A helpless puppy that wasn’t moving.

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One curious neighbor had to investigate the strange occurrence and what he found shocked him. The birds had already landed in a local neighbor’s backyard and were eerily hoarding around a small puppy. A helpless puppy that wasn’t moving.

If the puppy was alive it clearly wasn’t bothered by the birds, but the look on her face said something else was much worse than the appearance of the vultures. She was chained to a tree, with only a plastic dog house for cover in the winter.

The neighbors were concerned for the small dog, which turned out to be a small Pit Bull named Lilo. They didn’t even know if the owners were aware that they had a dog. It certainly seemed like they didn’t, based on her condition.

From the looks of it, she had been chained to that tree for most of her young life. Being only eight-months-old, the Pit Bull puppy had almost zero human contact and had never even been inside of a house.

The circling vultures had been surrounding Lilo for a full week now and by the looks of her, she had given up on life. Never knowing anything but being tied to a tree and having a small plastic dog house to sit in during the cold winter.

That’s when Lilo’s neighbor decided enough was enough and called the ASPCA, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. But the neighbor wasn’t sure if there was enough time left to still save Lilo’s life.

The kind-hearted neighbor reported to animal control that there was a dog outside chained to a tree in the middle of winter, surrounded by vultures who might take her at any second. She knew why the vultures were there.

The vultures sensed that Lilo was on her last leg. At the end of her rope. They were waiting for the disheartened little dog to die and become their next meal. A fate that no one and nothing sure ever endure.

Animal control finally arrived at the backyard where she was tied up, but they could hardly believe their eyes. An entire flock of vultures had surrounded the helpless pup and two were even on the top of her plastic dog house, the only shelter she had from the elements.

A reporter snapped a photo of the terrifying scene, a picture that is worth a million words and would come back to help little Lilo on her road to recovery and rehabilitation. But the danger wasn’t over yet.

The animal control officers came to the scene and scared the vultures away from the helpless puppy. Lilo the Pit Bull was severely malnourished and obviously neglected. An organization called Merit Pit Bull Foundation came to the shelter and took little Lilo in hopes that they would be able to adopt her out. If it hadn’t been for this miraculous organization, Lilo wouldn’t have survived to experience the next heartwarming part of her journey.