A woman who clung to the hood of a car to save her beloved French bulldog has caught the attention of Los Angeles police after it went viral.
But Zacharias told KTLA she was eating lunch outside a Los Angeles Whole Foods with her dog Onyx on Jan. 18 when a woman she didn’t know grabbed his leash and started walking away.
“I didn’t think someone was stealing my dog. I thought it was a misunderstanding, so I said, ‘That’s my dog. I’m sorry,’ and she didn’t listen,” Zacharias told the news station.
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After Zacharias followed the woman to a white four-door KIA Forte sedan, she allegedly pushed her out the door and locked it, prompting Zacharias to jump on the hood in an attempt to stop her from leaving.
Zacharias told KTLA that she remembers seeing four people in the car and remembers it going “faster and faster.”
Harrison Pessy said Los Angeles Times that he was on his way home and heard “cars screeching and screaming,” prompting him to start filming the now-popular video of Zacharias holding on to the hood as the car sped away.
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Pessy told the news organization that the driver of the vehicle “suddenly slammed on the brakes and was literally trying to throw [Zacharias] from the car.”
Zacharias eventually got off the vehicle and got away with Onyx. She was later treated by the Los Angeles Fire Department for minor scratches, according to the LAPD news.
Zacharias told KTLA that she is offering a reward for his safe return, describing him as a “black Merle French Bulldog with a spotted coat and different colored eyes,” whom she considers her “child.”
The LAPD has identified two suspects, according to the release. One suspect is described as a black woman, approximately 25 years old, wearing “a gray hoodie, purple sweatpants and black shoes.” The other is described as black, also about 25 years old.
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The American Kennel Club describes French Bulldogs as “playful, alert, adaptable and completely irresistible” and “one of the world’s most popular small dog breeds, especially among urban dwellers.” Anyone with information that could assist in Onyx’s return is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles Police Department.
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