So how did that come about? I see there being two possible answers.
1. A group of animal rights folks stormed the boat and saved the pup just in time.
2. Someone just wanted to get in the paper so stuck a hook through the pup's paw and declared themself a hero.
The first explanation seems unlikely as the animal rights folks are probably veggies, so a bit pasty, skinny and not really in any state to be stealing puppies off weather hardend fishermen after having boarded their boat.
Whatever happened we can conclude that people are terrible the world over.