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Man charged after pickup truck goes into automatic car wash with dog in back

May 17, 2017 | 11:45 AM

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. — A man has been charged after a pickup truck went into an automatic car wash in Labrador with a dog exposed in the back.

RCMP in Happy Valley-Goose Bay say they were called shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday about the dog, and identified a 41-year-old man from Glovertown, N.L.

They say the dog was examined but no injuries were found.

The man is facing a charge of causing an animal to be in distress, and one of transporting an animal outside of a passenger compartment without being secured.