Photos: 15-Year-Old Deaf, Blind Dog Dumped In Industrial Area Placed In Hospice

UPDATE: A deaf and blind senior dog who authorities said was dumped from a car in Teterboro by her Fort Lee owner is being placed in hospice, Bergen County SPCA officials said Friday.

<p>"It's best for her to live the rest of her life in a loving hospice."</p> — "It's best for her to live the rest of her life in a loving hospice."
Photo Credit: *Cecilia Levine*

<p>Tania Connelly with Bruna in a 2013 Facebook photo.</p> — Tania Connelly with Bruna in a 2013 Facebook photo.
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<p>Bruna was brought to the shelter in Teterboro by a good Samaritan who found her after a search.</p> — Bruna was brought to the shelter in Teterboro by a good Samaritan who found her after a search.
Photo Credit: *Cecilia Levine*

<p>Someone in another car saw Bruna being dumped around 4 p.m. Saturday on Industrial Avenue and gave authorities the license plate number and a description of the vehicle.</p> — Someone in another car saw Bruna being dumped around 4 p.m. Saturday on Industrial Avenue and gave authorities the license plate number and a description of the vehicle.
Photo Credit: *Cecilia Levine*

<p>Bruna</p> — Bruna
Photo Credit: *Cecilia Levine*

by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine

09/07/2018 1:30 p.m.

Bruna '"is 15 and deaf and blind," said Debra Yankow, director of the Bergen County Animal Shelter. "It's best for her to live the rest of her life in a loving hospice."

Bruna was brought to the shelter in Teterboro by a good Samaritan who found her after a search.

Someone in another car saw Bruna being dumped around 4 p.m. Saturday on Industrial Avenue and gave authorities the license plate number and a description of the vehicle, the SPCA said.

That led investigators from the Bergen County SPCA’s Law Enforcement Division to 59-year-old Tania Connelly of Fort Lee, who was issued a complaint summons charging her with “inflict[ing] unnecessary cruelty upon a living animal” by abandoning the aging dog in a public place.

SEE: CAUGHT! Fort Lee Woman Charged With Dumping 15-Year-Old Deaf, Blind Dog In Teterboro

Connelly signed a surrender form that would have allowed Bruna to be adopted without waiting for the case to be resolved, but SPCA officials said Friday that a veterinarian recommended hospice care.

Connelly, meanwhile, is scheduled to answer the charge in Superior Court in Hackensack on Sept. 20.

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TO REPORT INCIDENTS of ANIMAL CRUELTY in BERGEN COUNTY: bergenspca.org/report-animal-cruelty

OR CALL the Bergen County SPCA Animal Cruelty Hotline round-the-clock: (201) 573-8900.

If you believe that the situation is an immediate emergency, dial 911. Then click on the above link.

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