she's under the care of kathy sullivan the owner of lost my way animal shelter. hope was found in the middle of the night last week by someone walking their dog on the >> the vet said probably another hour she would have been gone. mike: not much is known about her past. sullivan estimates she's between 1:00 and 4 years old. she says she's had puppies. >> this doesn't happen overnight. mike: police are aware of the situation but say it's unclear how the dog ended up on the railroad tracks. >> her pads do not show a dog on the run. her toenails are not broken. that's the worst i've seen that was still alive. people from clairmont are pitching in to help. the human society is donating supplies. >> she's going to need things like massage therapy and that's not cheap. mike: there is hope for the dog with a lot of love to give. >> if the person is out there that did this, please man up. i mean, there's no excuse for this and they obvious hi need help themselves. mike: the animal shelter is accepting donations and has a go fund me page set up. if you'd like to help vis

ray: the female pit bull is under the care of kathy sullivan. hope was found in the middle of the night last week by someone walking their dog on the railroad tracks not far from sullivan's home. >> her condition when she was found, there's no way she walked there. the vet said probably another four and she would have been gone. ray: sullivan estimates hope is between one and four. she has had puppies. it is unclear how the dog ended up on the railroad track. she feels confident that someone left her to die. >> she has not eaten for quite a while. this just doesn't happen overnight. there's no way. years. that's the worst i've seen that was still alive. ray: people from claremont are pitching in to help. the hue pain society donating supplies. >> she's still going to be needing special diets for a long time. she's going to need things like massage therapy. that's not cheap. >> if the person is out there that did this, please man up. there's no excuse for this. they obviously need help themselves. ray: now the animal shelter is accepting donation

kathy sullivan, the owner of lost my way animal shelter says that hope has been gaining weight and having fun meeting new people. when someone found hope on the train tracks, she weighed a mere 27 pounds. they're trying to figure out who hope's former owner was. morning, thanks to the salem fire department. firefighters found a lost dog near a retention pond at it 293. they called the dog's owner who told that a 11-month-old puppy was missing. firefighters searched for the second dog and heard a whimpering dog at the culvert and able to rescue it. both dogs are home safe with their owners this morning. >> and moving on to commitment 2016 coverage this morning, a handful of presidential hopefuls are in the granite state today. and they'll be stumping in manchester this morning and the republican candidates are back on the campaign trail after the thanksgiving holiday. front runner donald trump appeared at a rally in florida yesterday where thoughts of reporters turned out to see him. one person was removed for heckling. ben carson was overseas in jordan and spent the day visiting camps for