A rescue dog has been left heartbroken after being surrendered to a shelter, six years after she was adopted, due to circumstances beyond her control.

Roxy arrived at the Hotel for Homeless Dogs (HFHD), an animal rescue in Rhode Island, earlier this year. It wasn’t her first time in an animal shelter. The first occasion was six years ago and was thankfully brief. “Roxy originally came into care in Georgia as a puppy, where she was adopted shortly after arriving,” Savannah Joseph from HFHD told Newsweek .

For six years, Roxy knew what it was like to be part of a loving, happy home. Sadly, it did not last. “She was recently returned to the rescue after her owner sadly passed away,” Joseph said.

There is still debate over whether dogs truly mourn the death of a human . Psychologist and

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