It’s a heartbreaking scene: a teenager is on the side of the road, taking the collar off his pet husky, who sits calmly. Then, the boy gets in the car and it pulls away. The dog gives chase, perhaps thinking it’s a game. The video ended up on the Facebook page of an animal rescue group in El Paso, Texas. When Catherine Clapsaddle, a mother of two, saw the video, she instantly made a call to adopt the dog. She surprised her kids with the husky, which they named Ninook.

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