Daniel The Miracle Dog That Survived Gas Chamber Is Heading To Rose Parade

This is an incredible story of a dog that has the will to live!  A Beagle mix dog that was scheduled to be euthanized in 2011 lived through his trip to the gas chamber, and is now on a trip to the Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA.  Daniel, dubbed the "Miracle Dog", was 6 months old when he was scheduled to be put down, now he's 2 years old and still enjoying life.

Associated Press

"Things are coming up roses for a scrappy New Jersey beagle who survived a dog pound gas chamber.

Daniel will be among eight shelter dogs riding on a float in the Rose Parade on New Year's Day in Pasadena, Calif.

The 2-year-old beagle mix was 6 months old on Oct. 3, 2011, when he was scheduled to be put down at the animal control facility in Florence, Ala. He was placed with 17 other dogs in a stainless-steel box roughly the size of a pickup truck bed that was filled with carbon monoxide.

Workers at the facility were surprised when he emerged, scared but unscathed, from the chamber. They named him Daniel after the biblical figure who survived the lion's den.

He was adopted by Joe Dwyer of Nutley, N.J., and has been living happily with Dwyer's family and other rescue dogs at their home about 10 miles west of New York City."
'Miracle Dog' that survived gas chamber headed to Rose Parade