He survived gassing & is going to Rose Parade

NEWARK, N.J. –  Things are looking up for a scrappy beagle from New Jersey who survived a dog pound gas chamber. Daniel will one of the eight shelter dogs riding on a float in the Rose Parade on New Year's Day in Pasadena, Calif.

Daniel was 6 months old when he was to be euthanized in 2011 at an animal control facility in Florence, Ala. He surprised workers by emerging unscathed from a container that had been filled with carbon monoxide.

Daniel has been living happily ever since with his adopted family in Nutley, N.J.

He'll perform tricks with other animal shelter survivors on a parade float sponsored by the Lucy Pet Foundation, which runs a mobile spay and neuter clinic.