Wounded stray dog found near South Manitou Trail, Lake Leelanau MI
Other Non-Crime EventA stray dog with an old head wound was found wandering near Manitou Trail and M-22. Residents contained the dog at a nearby residence but could not transport it. Animal control is unavailable until the next day. Police were asked to check the area and advise on the situation.
Audio|Source: Leelanau County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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I just took a call on South Manitou Trail 500 block.
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They found a dog wandering on 22. It's now at a residence near Manitou Trail where they've chased it to.
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Has a wound on the top of its head that looks to be older.
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scabbed over.
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They're currently trying to get a rope to possibly get it in their car and bring it here.
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They were kind of adamant that I sent animal control. I tried to explain we don't have animal control working until tomorrow.
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There's no caller on the dog.
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Can you advise how you want to proceed with this?
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Right, we don't transport,
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only 45 to 30 does.
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If they can catch it, bring it up, we'll put it in the sally cord or the outside,
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but if they can't catch it, that's going to be just at large.
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Okay. Okay.
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See what's going on.
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Okay, that's kind of what I advise them as well, so if you wouldn't mind maybe just checking that area on your way through, in case they're still there. He said if he didn't have a way of getting the dog into his truck to bring up here, he was just going to be continuing on to van and leaving the dog in that area.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Manitou Trail, Lake Leelanau, MI 49653
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