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On Tuesday morning, September 8, 2026, workers at a business located in the 2,000 block of Chapel Hill Road in Durham, North Carolina, discovered a tan pit bull mix trapped inside an outdoor dumpster.The discovery occurred just as an approaching waste collection truck was arriving to empty the dumpster. Workers quickly flagged down the garbage truck to stop the collection and contacted authorities. A responding deputy from the Durham County Sheriff’s Office Animal Services division safely lifted and rescued the dog from the container.Investigators reviewing surveillance footage from the property identified a person of interest described as a Black male wearing dark pants and an orange shirt, who was seen walking away toward House Street shortly after 7:30 a.m. that morning.The Durham County Sheriff’s Office noted that Animal Services accepts animal surrenders and will assist pet owners who can no longer care for their animals, emphasizing that there is no excuse to abandon a pet. Deputies are investigating the incident as a case of animal cruelty and have asked anyone with information to contact the Durham County Sheriff’s Office or Animal Services.