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FOUND! Missing Hudson County Dog Reunited With Family FOUND! Missing Hudson County Dog Reunited With Family
Found! Missing Hudson County Dog Reunited With Family Rocco the dog has been returned to Hudson County. The Jack Russell terrier, who was taken from a home in Bayonne on Monday, July 24, was found safe and returned to his family on Wednesday, July 26 at 772 Avenue C, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Rocco was taken by a group of people while on his front porch at 41st Street and Avenue E, Amato said. The suspects then boarded a Hudson-Bergen Light Rail train at the 45th Street station (Bayonne) bound for Hoboken with Rocco, Amato said. Once at the Hoboken stop, the suspects boarded a PATH train and exited at the 14th Street stop in M…

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by Sam Barron
News
'Good Ending To Difficult Story': Dying Bergen Dog Reclaimed By Owner Turned Over To Rescue 'Good Ending To Difficult Story': Dying Bergen Dog Reclaimed By Owner Turned Over To Rescue
'Good Ending To Difficult Story': Dying Bergen Dog Reclaimed By Owner Turned Over To Rescue While county and shelter officials on Friday morning said a dying dog's owner reclaimed him days after surrendering him, they later revealed there is more to the story. Rocco, a 7-year-old pit bull terrier, limped into the Bergen County Animal Shelter in Teterboro on a deformed hind, right leg alongside his owner Sept. 1, the shelter said in a Facebook post. A full medical workup showed Rocco was suffering from terminal cancer.   The dog had been limping on the deformed leg for five months, and his family couldn't afford treatment, according to Brick City Rescue Co-Founder Stephanie DeViv…

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by Cecilia Levine