MARSHALL, Texas (KTAL/KMSS) — In an animal shelter, there are always going to be sad stories. Mossy has one of the most heartbreaking.

When Mossy first arrived at the Marshall Pet Adoption Center (MPAC), he was littered with shotgun pellets. The staff at the time named him Mossberg after the shotgun as a bit of dark irony. The current staff shortened his name to Mossy.

Mossy was adopted after six months, but his story does not end there.

Mossberg's adopters lost him. He was homeless for three weeks until a couple found him and took him to their home until morning, when they could try to find his home.

Unfortunately, while a gaunt, emaciated Mossy was eating, their dog approached him, and a fight ensued. While trying to break up the fight, a person was bitten.

Not knowing what to do, t

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