How One Nonprofit is Helping End the Cruelty of Dog Chaining

Written By: Lady Freethinker

Some days, Dana, a husky from the Philadelphia area, was tethered to a leash draped from an apartment window, Fox 29 reports. Other days witnesses say she was chained to a cinder block. The husky was photographed by a concerned neighbor chained outdoors mere hours before her body could no longer take the heat and she tragically died. Witnesses report she was restrained for hours at a time in the hot sun – and Dana’s guardian didn’t refute this.

Stories like Dana’s inspired animal protection nonprofit Lady Freethinker to launch their Break the Chain campaign – advocating for an end to the dangerous and cruel practice of tethering dogs and urging people to bring their companion animals indoors.