YAVAPAI COUNTY, AZ (AZFamily) — Newly released video from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office shows the moments animal control officers helped rescue two dogs found abandoned and tied to a bicycle in the middle of the desert.

While deputies haven’t shared many details on what led them to the area, the sheriff’s office said they were found near State Route 169, a couple miles west of Interstate 17.

Thankfully, deputies said that both dogs are healthy.

Authorities are still working to find out who they belonged to.

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