TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The canine that was recovered tied to a obstruction connected a Florida highway during evacuations up of Hurricane Milton is rehabilitating astatine an carnal rescue installation successful Tallahassee, according to a typical from the Leon County Humane Society.

The canine was initially spotted by a trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol connected Wednesday, on a conception of Interstate 75 adjacent Tampa.

Video taken by the trooper showed the dog, incapable to determination from the fence, lasting successful a excavation of h2o that had already risen up to its belly.

The trooper approached the dog, who began barking successful his direction.

“I don’t blasted you,” the trooper responded. “I don’t blasted you. It’s OK, buddy, it’s OK.”

The canine rescued by a trooper with the Florida Highway Patrol is harmless and rehabilitated successful Tallahassee, according to the Leon County Humane Society. (Florida Highway Patrol Tampa)

After the canine was rescued, the Florida Highway Patrol urged Floridians not to wantonness their pets during evacuations.

“Do NOT bash this to your pets please,” the FHP wrote.

The communicative made nationalist headlines, sparking interest among pet-lovers implicit the well-being of the animal. In response, a typical from the Leon County Humane Society has since confirmed the canine is harmless astatine its facility.

“We cognize that without the assistance with Florida Highway Patrol Troopers with Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles that this canine would not person made it through,” reads a connection posted to the Leon County Humane Society’s Facebook page. “We're grateful the Troopers understood helium was a frightened and abandoned canine and treated him truthful patiently and benignant during the rescue.”

The installation besides revealed the dog’s caller name.

“His sanction is Trooper, due to the fact that of however overmuch he's been done and to grant those who saved him.”

In the post, the Humane Society confirmed the canine was “stressed and inactive decompressing” arsenic of Thursday, and volition apt not beryllium wholly comfy for months.

The organization, too, said it’s “completely unacceptable” for a favored proprietor to wantonness their animals.

“It was cruel, and it was thoughtless not lone toward him, but toward the radical who were trying their champion to grip the incoming storm,” reads the Facebook post.

The installation has seen tons of involvement from folks asking to follow Trooper, but workers won’t beryllium taking immoderate applications until the canine is rehabilitated.

“We person perfectly nary thought what his beingness looked similar earlier helium was abandoned,” the Humane Society wrote. “We privation to beryllium definite that we cognize precisely what helium needs earlier adjacent considering adoption, truthful he'll beryllium successful foster attraction until we consciousness assured he's acceptable for the adjacent signifier of life, and that his aboriginal volition beryllium benignant to him.”