http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2008/01/31/pf-4803554.html
January 31, 2008
Pupsicle rescued from store fridge
By NADIA MOHARIB, SUN MEDIA

The case of a chilly dog on display at a local convenience store prompted an outraged woman to take action.

Cindy Gravelle says she took a big gulp when she spotted a miserable looking pooch in the walk-in cooler, pressing its face up against the glass door, during a milk-run to her local 7-Eleven earlier this week.

Gravelle was doubly disturbed the next day to find the same dog, which appears to be an American Eskimo, in the cooler apparently for safekeeping while its owner worked a shift at the store near Centre St. and McKnight Blvd. N.E.

"Eight hours later it was still in the fridge," the horrified 41-year-old said yesterday.

"What is wrong with these people?"

Gravelle's dogged pursuit to rectify the situation led Calgary Humane Society officials to contact the store about the strange pet-keeping practice.

7-Eleven spokesman Alyn Edwards said it was "a discretionary decision" based on "unique circumstances" which will not happen again.

The dog, however, somehow got out of a back room and slipped into the cooler.