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Firefighters Find Furry Friends At Ramsey House Blaze Firefighters Find Furry Friends At Ramsey House Blaze
Firefighters Find Furry Friends At Ramsey House Blaze Firefighters scooped up a trio of dogs during a townhouse blaze in Ramsey. The two-alarm fire ignited in the kitchen of a Windsor Lane home in the Bears Cove development just off Route 17 around 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 5. It was quickly knocked down and placed under control. No injuries were reported. Firefighters were rotated through rehab in the intense 90-degree heat. Mutual aid responders included members of Ramsey Rescue and their firefighting colleagues from Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Mahwah and Wyckoff, as well as Ramsey EMS. ****** NOTE: The responding departments listed in the story …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Firefighters, Police Unite To Rescue Dog In Pascack Valley House Fire HEROES: Firefighters, Police Unite To Rescue Dog In Pascack Valley House Fire
Heroes: Firefighters, Police Unite To Rescue Dog In Pascack Valley House Fire Firefighters and police teamed up to rescue a dog who was pulled from a smoky house fire Saturday night in Hillsdale. The blaze apparently began in the basement of the home on Deer Trail Road at Ruckman Avenue at the Woodcliff Lake border around 6:30 p.m. May 27. The fire quickly went to two alarms, bringing companies from surrounding towns both to the scene and in coverage. A firefighter scooped up the dog (on hood of police vehicle) before a Hillsdale police officer rushed them to the animal hospital.Nancy Triggiani-Musco for DAILY VOICE Firefighters tended to the dog on the lawn bef…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Dog Rescued In Saddle Brook Fire Dog Rescued In Saddle Brook Fire
Dog Rescued In Saddle Brook Fire A house fire was extinguished Wednesday afternoon in Saddle Brook. A dog was rescued as Saddle Brook firefighters doused a basement blaze on Elm Avenue shortly before 4 p.m. April 26. Two people also were reportedly treated for smoke inhalation. Firefighters had it knocked down in well under a half hour and under control 20 minutes or so after that. The most serious damage was confined to the basement of the 2½-story, wood-frame home. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Elmwood Park, Rochelle Park and Wallington at the scene and Fair Lawn and Garfield in coverage.Saddle Bro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ Residents Can Adopt Puppy Envigo Beagles Saved From Horrific Breeding Facility NJ Residents Can Adopt Puppy Envigo Beagles Saved From Horrific Breeding Facility
NJ Residents Can Adopt Puppy Envigo Beagles Saved From Horrific Breeding Facility The Envigo beagles are on to the next chapter of their lives: The good part. Five male puppies — among the 4,000 dogs rescued from a mass breading facility in Virginia — have been brought to the Monmouth County SPCA for adoption. The beagles were bred to be sold to laboratories for animal experimentation and kept in horrific conditions. The transfer will take place in stages over the next 60 days, and the dogs will be up for adoption via MCSPCA & other shelters & rescues. The puppies were undergoing medical and behavioral assessment at the MCSPCA. Due to the overwhelming interest i…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Husky Frightened By Fireworks Rescued 1.5 Miles Off Jersey Shore (PHOTOS) Husky Frightened By Fireworks Rescued 1.5 Miles Off Jersey Shore (PHOTOS)
Husky Frightened By Fireworks Rescued 1.5 Miles Off Jersey Shore (Photos) A Siberian Husky fleeing from noisy fireworks was rescued by Monmouth County Sheriff's Officers off the Jersey Shore. Caiden, a 10-year-old dog, was saved after swimming about a mile and a half off Union Beach, authorities said. Sheriffs' Officers Michael Forgione and Kasey Collins located Caiden and brought him on board in the Raritan Bay, navigating shallow waters to reunite him with his grateful owner. In addition to the K-9 rescue, the Marine 1 Unit also observed a brush fire that started due to the fireworks and were able to assist in navigating fire personnel to the fire. Poste…

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by Jon Craig
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Dog Rescued In Lodi House Fire Dog Rescued In Lodi House Fire
Dog Rescued In Lodi House Fire A dog was rescued during an early Wednesday evening house fire in Lodi. No injuries were reported in the two-alarm Harrison Avenue blaze, which broke out in a second-floor room of the brick single-family home around 5:20 p.m. Firefighters had it doused within 15 minutes. Mutual aid was provided at the scene or in coverage by firefighters from Hasbrouck Heights, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook and Wallington. Damien Danis took the photos and contributed to this story. Everyone got out safely from the two-alarm Harrison Avenue blaze in Lodi.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
New Year's Fire Destroys Morris County Home New Year's Fire Destroys Morris County Home
New Year's Fire Destroys Morris County Home A dog was rescued from the basement of a Morris County home and multiple people were hospitalized following a 2-alarm fire early New Year's Day. Flames consumed the home at 50 Thompson Ave. in Dover when crews arrived around 4:30 a.m. Posted by Dover FMBA Local 60 on Saturday, January 1, 2022 A GoFundMe for Santiago, his Aunt Bibiana and cousin Nicholas, who escaped with their 9-month-old dog, had raised more than $1,000 as of Saturday evening. Units stretched a line for exposure protection of a nearby 4-family structure and exterior knockdown of the fire building while a supply line w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Happy Ending: Dog Reunited With Owner After Escaping From Car During ‘Horrific’ Route 80 Crash Happy Ending: Dog Reunited With Owner After Escaping From Car During ‘Horrific’ Route 80 Crash
Happy Ending: Dog Reunited With Owner After Escaping From Car During ‘Horrific’ Route 80 Crash A dog that escaped from a car and ran into the woods after a “horrific” crash on Route 80 has found its way back home thanks to a “huge community effort,” authorities said. Sadie, an Australian Shepherd, escaped following a multi-car crash on Route 80 eastbound near milepost 23 in Mount Olive just after 9:20 p.m. Monday, NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told Daily Voice. Residents chased Sadie for about a mile before the pup ran into the woods between Exits 19 and 25, according to a Facebook post on the Morris County NJ Lost and Found Pets page. Sadie’s owner, Stephanie, had been traveling fro…

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by Valerie Musson
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Rescue That Saves Dogs From Chinese Meat Trade Opening First U.S. Shelter In Jersey City Rescue That Saves Dogs From Chinese Meat Trade Opening First U.S. Shelter In Jersey City
Rescue That Saves Dogs From Chinese Meat Trade Opening First U.S. Shelter In Jersey City An international dog rescue group that saves dogs from the Chinese meat trade is opening its first U.S. shelter in Jersey City. The No Dogs Left Behind shelter will open at the end of March at 10 Webster Ave. The nonprofit organization rescues dogs from Chinese slaughterhouses and then provides them with medical care, before flying them to the U.S. for adoption. The Jersey City digs will serve as an all-vegan base station that will house up to nine dogs, and serve as the hub for the junior volunteer program, fostering program and social media outreach, HobokenGirl reports. The organizatio…

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by Cecilia Levine
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$1,000 REWARD: Who Dumped Crated Dog In NJ Woods Near Gun Club? $1,000 REWARD: Who Dumped Crated Dog In NJ Woods Near Gun Club?
$1,000 Reward: Who Dumped Crated Dog In NJ Woods Near Gun Club? A $1,000 reward is being offered for anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual responsible for dumping a crated dog in a wooded New Jersey area. The Associated Humane Societies/Popcorn Park ACO Maria Cymanski responded to a  call for an abandoned dog near 1450 West Bay Ave., in Barnegat on Monday, Dec. 28. There, she found a young, female Siberian Husky mix left in a crate in a wooded area near a gun club, initially spotted by a man leaving the gun club who went over to investigate. The dog -- who had a pink collar and was …

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by Cecilia Levine
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State Asks Judge To Stop Purported Animal Charity Run By Wyckoff Woman That Raised Millions State Asks Judge To Stop Purported Animal Charity Run By Wyckoff Woman That Raised Millions
State Asks Judge To Stop Purported Animal Charity Run By Wyckoff Woman That Raised Millions A Wyckoff woman raised millions of dollars by falsely claiming an organization she founded that places rescue dogs as service animals is a charity, said state authorities who’ve gone to court to shut her down. Janice Wolfe has “unlawfully raised millions of dollars since 2008 without registering Merlin’s Kids as a charitable organization,” state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Friday. Wolfe’s fundraising included “false and misleading claims” about the services provided by both Merlin’s Kids and an affiliated for-profit company, United K9 Professional Inc., he said. Meanwhile, tens …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Dogs Starving, Shivering Found Crated Outside In Freezing Monmouth County Temps, Rescuers Say Dogs Starving, Shivering Found Crated Outside In Freezing Monmouth County Temps, Rescuers Say
Dogs Starving, Shivering Found Crated Outside In Freezing Monmouth County Temps, Rescuers Say Eight dogs stuffed into small crates and left outside in the cold with only plastic tarp protecting them were rescued by the Monmouth County SPCA. The MCSPCA's Humane Law Enforcement Division responded to a call from the Neptune City Police Department about excessive barking after midnight on Saturday, they said. When officials arrived at the apartment complex, police heard the barking and whining from outside. "We were prepared for the worst," the SPCA said in a statement.  "That's when they found the eight dogs and puppies who were living in their own urine and feces and without access…

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by Jon Craig