MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph is offering to pay for the rehabilitation and adoption of a male pit bull that was rescued from a drain pipe.
Randolph offered to help after hearing the story of the pit bull, which was rescued after getting stuck 15 feet down the pipe in mid-July in Memphis, the Grizzlies said in a news release Tuesday. The dog was found by a woman and her daughter, who heard the dog crying.
The dog had been trapped in the pipe for two days. Animal welfare advocates said he would not have survived many more hours of entrapment.
Public works employees used a backhoe to break the pipe and remove the pit bull.
The dog was taken to a local veterinary clinic after it was rescued.
Randolph, a pit bull advocate, has arranged for the dog to be cared for at Villalobos Rescue Center in New Orleans. The center cares for between 150 and 200 pit bulls on any given day at a 50,000 square foot facility.
Randolph's donation will go to the care and feeding of the dog at the rescue center, as well as the adoption process.
The story of the rescue and Randolph's involvement in the dog's recovery is being featured on the cable television show "Pit Bulls and Parolees."
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