Perilous

The dogs were reportedly on a stopover in Houston waiting for a flight to Afghanistan. So I know this isn’t much of a holiday-friendly story, but for what it’s worth, here are their names: Tiny, Rex, Rocky, Crock, Dork, Harrie, Stress, Sigo, Rex, Jaco, Kimbo, Kilo, Albert and Bak. More from the Houston Chronicle:

The animals were to be flown to Afghanistan Dec. 21, 2010. But when agents for the dogs’ owners visited the shipping facility early on that morning, they found the animals inside an unattended refrigerated box truck, the lawsuit says. The truck was running with the doors partly ajar. The agents smelled a rancid odor, the lawsuit says, and when they shook the crates, the dogs inside failed to move. They found blood on the truck floor and in some crates and damage that suggested two animals had tried to escape the containers. 

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