A few years ago, California woman Sharon Bertozzi, who loves and cares about all creatures, human and otherwise, found what looked like a stray dog near the front of her house.
Bertozzi felt a lot of compassion for the pup, who was terribly skinny, clearly starving, and almost furless, presumably from a skin disease. She called the City of Folsom Animal Services to help give the creature the care she needed.