BOULDER — The dog that was bound and taped to a fridge last week — an apparent victim of a dispute between a squabbling Boulder couple — has been placed with a local foster family and could be adopted by week’s end, according to the Humane Society of Boulder Valley.
Two-year-old Rex is now living with two other shiba inus at the home of a Denver-area couple, Humane Society chief executive officer Lisa Pedersen said Tuesday. She said the foster arrangement is a test to see if Rex can adapt to his new surroundings.
Pedersen declined to identify the couple who took Rex in before an adoption is official, but she said they have experience dealing with abused animals. She said the shelter got requests from families as far away as New York, California and Wisconsin — all of them willing to drive to Colorado to pick Rex up and provide a home for him.
“I was so thankful for all the incredible community concern there was,” Pedersen said. “It’s a testament to the community’s recognition of the needs of this special animal.”
Bryan Beck, 21 gave up custody of Rex last week after police responding to his Boulder apartment on reports of a fight found the dog wrapped in packaging tape and stuck upside-down to the fridge. Beck’s girlfriend, 20-year-old University of Colorado student Abby Toll, reportedly told officers she bound Rex up because she was mad at Beck for refusing to get rid of him.
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