At 11:44 AM on Thursday, Troopers responded to investigate a report that employees from the Town of Argyle Department of Transportation had found a dog in the ditch alongside the west shoulder of Couch Road in the Town of Argyle. The DOT employees had found the dog at that location with both the front and rear legs bound with duct tape. It also appeared that the animal’s mouth had also been bound with duct tape but had fallen off at some point as the remnants of tape to indicate that were lying alongside the animal.

The Town employees immediately freed the animal from the tape upon finding it. The animal also had open wounds and sores in and around the neck area indicating that at one time it wore a collar that was too small. The newly freed dog was transported to the town highway barn where it was provided water and food and was subsequently turned over to the SPCA in Queensbury for examination by a vet and any needed medical care.