Abandoned Dog Outside San Diego Animal Center Meets Tragic End

A security camera captured a dog being abandoned outside the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., on March 13, 2023. Courtesy of Helen Woodward Animal Center

RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif.—A dog abandoned outside the Helen Woodward Animal Center on March 13 night was found critically injured in the middle of the street by good Samaritans only hours later, with the dog dying of its injuries, it was revealed March 17.

On Tuesday, the Woodward Center offered a $5,000 reward to anyone who could identify a person who abandoned a dog outside the facility’s closed Companion Animal Hospital.