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    <p>Hurricane Harvey has affected millions of people in and around Texas.</p>
<p>Many have been forced to evacuate due to the storm. In these scary situations, people often have to leave their homes and belongings behind.</p>
<p>Of course, homes and belongings are replaceable, while human lives are not. But in the rush leading up to an evacuation, people are sometimes even forced to leave something precious behind: their pets.</p>
<p>Pets are left behind in storms for a myriad reasons. Sometimes, dogs and cats run away when they&#8217;re scared, and their owners cannot find them due to flooding or other dangerous conditions.</p>
<p>Sometimes, owners must make a split-second decision, one no one should have to make, when their pets are not allowed on rescue boats.</p>
<p>When that happens, pets can be left behind <a href="https://wxw.littlethings.com/dog-rescuers-houston/?utm_source=LTcom&amp;utm_medium=Facebook&amp;utm_campaign=dog" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">until someone who is able to rescue them comes along</a>. That&#8217;s what happened in Dickinson, Texas, during Hurricane Harvey.</p>
<p>Keep reading to learn more about why these two pups were left behind, and what happened when rescuers saw them.</p>
<p>[H/T: <a href="http://wnep.com/2017/08/29/stranded-dogs-left-on-family-boat-have-been-rescued/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WNEP</a>]</p>
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			<div class="caption"><p>Ed saw so many heartbreaking and inspiring moments in Houston — but one image struck him and strangers online particularly hard. Ed was passing a home in the flooded neighborhood of Dickinson, Texas, when he saw two dogs alone in a boat, waiting out the flood.</p>
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			<div class="caption"><p>The image is heartbreaking, but Ed said he doesn&#8217;t think this was done carelessly. He <a href="http://wnep.com/2017/08/29/stranded-dogs-left-on-family-boat-have-been-rescued/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">writes</a>,</p>
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			<div class="caption"><p>With parts of Texas experiencing unprecedented flooding, Ed understood that many residents had to make impossible life or death decisions.</p>
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			<div class="caption"><p>The next day, Ed got the news he&#8217;d been hoping for. The two dogs were rescued! He <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BYYo1PBjlQq/?taken-by=edlavacnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">says</a>:&#8221;A combination of volunteer rescuers and friends pitched in to save the day.&#8221; Ed found out that the pups were named Frankie and Bear, and that their owners had no choice but to leave them behind.</p>
<p>Ed <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BYYo1PBjlQq/?taken-by=edlavacnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">writes</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>In the chaotic evacuation, the family was not allowed to bring the dogs in the rescue boat so they thought putting them in the boat temporarily, until someone could reach them, was the safest decision. They&#8217;re being cared for and the owners will reconnect with them at some point.</em></p></blockquote>
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			<div class="caption"><p>I can&#8217;t even imagine how terrible and hard it was for Frankie and Bear&#8217;s family to have to make that decision. I think they did the best they could, and making sure the pups stayed in a boat above water was a smart move. Thankfully, there were so many kind rescuers who did everything they could for all the animals separated from their families in this scary storm. Hopefully, these sweet dogs will be reunited with their loving family very soon. I&#8217;m so glad kind strangers are taking care of them in the meantime.</p>
<p>If you want to help victims of Hurricane Harvey, you can learn where to donate or volunteer <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.littlethings.com%2Fhurricane-harvey-help%2F%3Ffref%3Dgc%26dti%3D1077572005628467&amp;h=ATN-K4dep728BZHQhwr_XU_GA7pkAVvDDJmzIVClCzMcJDbD6Y9GbFIHZ9HX-kuyHCqk7-I3uq--bXJWHW6r-v6yarpMWB_E8X7rUzG-wcfPpY5eMLoXBmd16QAWmg513PUaPXd1TiGWh1-sRvX_UGhm1hicyw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a> and <a href="https://ghcf.org/hurricane-relief/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
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