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Alligator In Plastic Container Dumped At Jersey Shore Alligator In Plastic Container Dumped At Jersey Shore
Alligator In Plastic Container Dumped At Jersey Shore A young alligator in a plastic container was found abandoned in an empty lot at the Jersey Shore, authorities said. A resident of Bangs Avenue in Neptune made the heartbreaking discovery and called the Monmouth County SPCA Sunday, Jan. 15, the organization said. The young alligator was brought back to the shelter and given a clean tank that allowed proper air circulation and is being kept in a climate-controlled area. The alligator will be transferred to the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife shortly. Keeping alligators and caimans as pets in New Jersey is illegal and a danger to the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Authorities Probe Video Of NJ Animal Shelter Worker Abandoning Kitten Authorities Probe Video Of NJ Animal Shelter Worker Abandoning Kitten
Authorities Probe Video Of NJ Animal Shelter Worker Abandoning Kitten Authorities are investigating the actions of an animal shelter caretaker caught on home security video abandoning a kitten on a Bergen County street. Ring video (see below) shows the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center volunteer pulling up in an SUV and leaving the kitten on a snow-shoveled sidewalk on Diamond Way in Moonachie shortly before 2:30 p.m. this past Sunday. There apparently is a colony of strays up the street, which may explain why the woman dropped the cat in that neighborhood. The homeowner, Barbara Morales, said she scooped up the kitten, returned her to the sh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Video Shows Pet Owner Leaving Guinea Pig For Dead In NJ Video Shows Pet Owner Leaving Guinea Pig For Dead In NJ
Video Shows Pet Owner Leaving Guinea Pig For Dead In NJ The Hopatcong Animal Shelter is attempting to track down the person who was caught on surveillance footage before dawn Tuesday abandoning a guinea pig outside a local home without food or water. The animal was left in front of a home on Larson Trail in Hopatcong just after 4:40 a.m., according to a post on the shelter’s official Facebook page: 📣Looking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual in this video. At approximately 4:41am on September... Posted by Hopatcong Animal Shelter on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 The guinea pig was left without food or water, along with…

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by Valerie Musson
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NJ Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of Abandoned German Shepherds NJ Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of Abandoned German Shepherds
NJ Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of Abandoned German Shepherds Authorities have launched a major investigation into the alarming discovery of no fewer than nine apparently related German Shepherds abandoned in various areas of North Jersey this past week. “Something foul has happened,” Deborah Yankow, the director of the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, said Friday. “What that is we don’t yet know.” “German Shepherds, like any other breed, come in all sizes, shapes and colors,” Yankow said. “But going from the two we have at the shelter and the pictures I’ve looked at, they all look identical, like siblings.” Five of the young adult …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of Abandoned German Shepherds NJ Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of Abandoned German Shepherds
NJ Authorities Probe Alarming Discovery Of Abandoned German Shepherds Authorities have launched a major investigation into the alarming discovery of no fewer than nine apparently related German Shepherds abandoned in various areas of North Jersey this past week. “Something foul has happened,” Deborah Yankow, the director of the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, said Friday. “What that is we don’t yet know.” “German Shepherds, like any other breed, come in all sizes, shapes and colors,” Yankow said. “But going from the two we have at the shelter and the pictures I’ve looked at, they all look identical, like siblings.” Five of the young adult …

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by Jerry DeMarco