Caps fans adopt Piccolo, a dog abandoned during Hurricane Harvey
Wednesday morning, news surfaced via the Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation that one of the stars of the Capitals canine calendar, Piccolo, was adopted by two Caps fans through Homeward Trails Animal Rescue.
In late October, Piccolo, a stunning white Pitt Bull mix with brown spots, posed for a photo with Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov. But months earlier, Piccolo, hungry and sick, was abandoned by his owners in Texas as Hurricane Harvey struck. Picked up by a Florida rescue searching for deserted animals, Piccolo would have to survive another hurricane before arriving in the Washington DC area and finding his forever home.
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