Before moving to Ollie's, Axel was living as a stray in South Carolina and ended up caught in a trap. "After being caught in a trap, he chewed off the end of his own foot to free himself.

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He likely had to scavenge just to survive, and eventually, his foot was caught in a trap, whether by accident or by design, leading to his arrival at a high-kill shelter," Bielawski explains.