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Internet rallies behind a dog named Jack that's banned from the state of Maryland

Jack, what did you do?
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Brian Koerber
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Damn, Jack.

A good dog (they're all good dogs) named Jack is getting waves of support after a tweet about his criminal past blew up on Tuesday.

Twitter user @historiancole shared a few screenshots of Jack's adoption listing on the Deleware Valley Siberian Husky Recuse. In the post, it says that Jack is completely banned from living in the state of Maryland.

"Unfortunately, due to some mischief that Jack got into when he was younger, he cannot legally be adopted or reside in the state of Maryland," the page reads.

"What the fuck did you do in Maryland, Jack?" historiancole tweeted, which has since racked up over 61,000 likes and 18,000 retweets.

Though Jack is described as "a very sweet affectionate boy," he's been up for adoption for over a year. The post doesn't go into more details about his criminal history but says they will "disclose the details to applicants who have been approved for adoption."

Some guessed that Jack's dark past may have been due to the fact that he is not good around cats and other small animals. We reached out to the rescue for additional details, but emails were not immediately returned.

There were also some other theories:

Regardless, every dog deserves a second chance.

Topics Animals

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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