Meet Valentine. She Was Put Through Pain No Dog Should Ever Face — and She Survived.

Valentine was named after the day on which she was found.

But she wasn't shown love on Valentine's Day — she was savagely wounded and abandoned by the side of the road in rural Florida.

“Valentine was shot twice and then went to get up and got hit by a car,” rescuer Amy Roman told WFOR-TV. “We drove out to the middle of nowhere [to find her] and by 11:30 we had her in our car screaming in pain.”

Valentine, the 2-year-old American bulldog found shot twice and hit by a car near Miami, is recovering. (Image via WFOR-TV)

The 2-year-old American bulldog is now recovering thanks to the care of 100+ Abandoned Dogs of Everglades Florida and Lauderdale Veterinary Specialists, but she's an example of a brutal, growing problem.

“It’s getting worse daily," said Roman. She said her rescue group picked up 32 dogs in January alone and has vet bills of more than $40,000 — all because Floridians are abandoning and harming their dogs at an unprecedented rate.

“This is a mentality war," she said. "It’s like the Wild Wild West out here in rural Miami."

Watch Valentine receive much-needed love in WFOR's report below:

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