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'Senile' man ties adorable puppy Banjo to train tracks - but hero railroad engineer manages to save him before he's run over



A lucky pup has been rescued after his senile owner tied him to a set of train tracks in California.

Banjo, a 10-month-old poodle-terrier mix, was strapped to the tracks in Mecca, Riverside County on April 2, by the unnamed 78-year-old man who walked away as a train was approaching.


But a quick-thinking Union Pacific Railroad engineer managed to stop the fast-moving locomotive just moments before it ran over the cute pet, saving Banjo's life.



Lucky: Banjo, a 10-month-old poodle-terrier mix, pictured, was strapped to the tracks in Mecca, Riverside County on April 2

According to LAist.com, the hero engineer, who hasn't been identified, saw the elderly man leave something on the tracks and walk away, but it was only at the last minute that he realized it was a live puppy.



Union Pacific Special Agent Sal Pina responded to the scene after the engineer stopped the train, and was the one who untied little Banjo.


'It's probably one of the worst things I've seen,' Agent Pina said. 'I've never seen something like this.'



Track: The unnamed 78-year-old man strapped him to the tracks, pictured, then walked away as a train was approaching

Authorities managed to track down the owner who was taken to a field office to be interviewed.


'The man said that the family didn't want the dog and didn't know what to do with him,' John Welsh of Riverside County Animal Services said in a statement.

Welsh said the man avoided animal cruelty charges because he seemed to be 'confused or senile and didn't fully understand what he had done.'



Hero: A quick-thinking Union Pacific Railroad engineer managed to to stop the fast-moving locomotive before it ran over Banjo, pictured



Up for grabs: Banjo, pictured, now 'appears very healthy and friendly' vets said and he is up for adoption

Instead, he was released into the care of relatives. Banjo, however, headed to the Coachella Valley Animal Campus in Thousand Palms, where he got an exam and a bath.


On-site vets said he 'appears very healthy and friendly.'


The puppy is now up for adoption and anyone interested in giving the little guy a loving home is being asked to e-mail shelterinfo@rivcocha.org and explain why their family should be chosen as his new owners.

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