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Posted on Aug 18, 2012

Custody Battle Over Dog Abandoned On CO Mountain For 8 Days

Anthony Ortolani left his German Shepherd Missy on Colorado's Mt. Bierstadt as a storm was approaching because she could not walk on her own. EIGHT DAYS LATER, Scott and Amanda Washburn found her there, extremely injured but alive. They could not bear to leave her and enlisted the help of fellow climbers to complete a harrowing 9 hour rescue. Ortolani has been charged with animal cruelty and yet wants the Washburns to give him back the dog he left for dead. Truly shameful.