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According to a report from\u00a0WFAA-TV<\/a>\u00a0in Dallas, Texas, former UFC light heavyweight champion Frank Shamrock is being investigated for animal cruelty after tying up one of his mother’s dogs in the back of a pickup truck and abandoning it for five days. The report states the former UFC champ left the dog, named Zelda, at Dallas\u2019 Love Field airport with a small supply of food and water, and then flew home to California. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shamrock has actually owned up to this incident, explaining that he tried to find a home for the dog on Facebook. He decided to forsake the animal, which he says has a “goofy hip,” at the airport when he was unable to find a more suitable alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey can charge me with whatever. I will show up,\u201d Shamrock told WFAA. \u201cIt is what it is. I\u2019m not hiding in any way. It\u2019s an unfortunate and terrible thing. I\u2019m an animal lover and I ran away crying. \u2026 It\u2019s an old dog \u2013 no one wants a 6 1\/2, 7-year-old dog with a goofy hip.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frank Shamrock added that he believes Zelda ended up in favorable conditions as the result of his choice to abandon her at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHere is what I guarantee: That dog is alive and safe right now, and I couldn\u2019t guarantee that before I tied that dog to the truck and left,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned for further updates on this Frank Shamrock situation, which is currently being investigated by local police, as details emerge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a>\u00a0on 3\/21\/2019.\u00a0<\/em>
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