Dog found tied up, zipped into suitcase inside western Washington dumpster

EVERETT, Wash. — An abandoned dog is recovering after Everett police officers found her tied up inside a suitcase and left in a dumpster, according to the Everett Police Department (EPD).

Patrol officers found the dog, now named Binny, behind a restaurant on Evergreen Way recently after receiving reports of an abandoned dog.

Binny was found with a rope around her neck and zipped into a suitcase inside a dumpster, police said. Everett officer Kargopoltseva transported Binny to the Everett Animal Shelter to be cared for.

The discovery, police say, was made possible only because a bystander called 911.

“Binny wouldn't have been found without that 911 call,” Everett Officer CJ Hawley said.

Staff at the shelter say Binny was underweight when she first arrived, but has already improved in t