While some shelter members rushed to create a temporary place to accommodate him, one of the volunteers approached Oak and started speaking to him, hoping to win him over.
Oak refused to move at first. He still held onto the hope that his people would return.
“He didn’t want to get up, he just started looking around frantically for his people. But they’re not coming back,” Stray Rescue of St. Louis wrote on Facebook.
The volunteer persisted and cuddled Oak until he felt reassured that he would get help.