While Independence Day fireworks are fun for the Washington area's two-legged residents, many of the four-legged ones are so frightened by the blasts that they jump fences, tear through screens and even harm themselves.
When Holly still hadn't turned up yesterday morning, Lentz called the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria where director Kate Pullen answered the first of many missing dog calls she expects in the next few days.Īrea animal shelters, most of which will reopen today after the holiday weekend, are bracing for one of their busiest times. The dog's flight sent Lentz and her husband, Ken, on a frantic search that would keep the family up until 3 a.m., scouring the neighborhood in search of their beloved pet. The brown-and-white beagle mix, her owner Terri Lentz said, "was off before we could even say her name."
The moment the first fireworks thundered in the night sky, Holly darted from her Alexandria yard and disappeared into the darkness.
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