The dog of Georgia Southern University biology professor Lance Durden has been returned back to its home after being confiscated as the result of an animal cruelty incident.

“(The dog) was released back to the owner. Actually, the wife came up and said she was the actual owner of the dog,” Christopher Ivey, a Humane Enforcement Officer at the Bulloch County Animal Shelter, said.

 Ivey confirmed he was the officer who picked up Durden’s dog at the scene of the incident.