WALNUT CREEK (BCN) -- A Chihuahua was rescued from a roadway median on Interstate Highway 680 in Walnut Creek during rush hour Friday evening, a California Highway Patrol officer said.

A CHP officer spotted the small dog on the highway's concrete




The dog was uninjured and was taken by Contra Costa Animal

Services personnel to an animal shelter in Martinez.

Although Fransen said he didn't know how the dog ended up on the

freeway, he said, it's likely that someone left the animal there.

"As sad as it sounds, it actually happens pretty often," he said.

Since Friday night, there have been several offers from the public

to adopt the dog, the officer said.