--- title: California Highway Patrol Rescues Chihuahua From Freeway Median description: She's now safe and sound -- and looking for a new home canonical: https://time.com/95987/california-highway-patrol-rescues-chihuahua/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-12T14:38:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:35.928Z og:title: California Officers Rescue Chihuahua Stranded on a Highway Median og:description: She's now safe and sound -- and looking for a new home og:url: https://time.com/95987/california-highway-patrol-rescues-chihuahua/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: California Officers Rescue Chihuahua Stranded on a Highway Median twitter:description: She's now safe and sound -- and looking for a new home twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # California Officers Rescue Chihuahua Stranded on a Highway Median > Sponsored content. 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California Highway Patrol officers were alerted on Friday about a chihuahua who was stranded on a median on Interstate Highway 680, NBC Bay Area [reports](http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/CHP-Rescues-Chihuahua-From-I-680-258771811.html). The Contra Costa CHP tweeted a picture of an officer helping out the poor pooch: > [](https://twitter.com/320PIO/status/464967504167596032) “We attempted to coax it, we could tell it was very frightened, it was shaking. We were able to pet it a little bit, but other than that we could tell it was not happy,” CHP officer Alex Edmon told NBC. Eventually, officers had to call animal control since they’d arrived on motorcycles and had no way to safely transport the dog, who’s estimated to be around two years old. She had no tags or identification when they found her. The dog didn’t appear to have any injuries, and there were no witnesses who saw how she ended up stranded on the median. Contra Costa Animal Services, who is now caring for her, said [on its Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152019735470216&set=a.345178115215.160207.208184905215&type=1) that she’s recovering and “may already have a home if her owner doesn’t come for her.” On Sunday, the group posted some new pictures of her. 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