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Early-Morning Dog Attack Sends 1 Victim To Hospital In Sussex County: Cops
A victim was hospitalized after a serious dog attack on Wednesday morning, May 27 in Sussex County, authorities said. Troopers were called to Essex Road in Wantage at approximately 6:48 a.m., according to NJSP Sgt. II Christopher Postorino. Initial and unconfirmed reports indicate the victim was airlifted from the Sussex County Airport to an area hospital after suffering dog bite injuries, including possible dismemberment. Sussex County Animal Control removed the dog from the residence, Postorino said. The investigation remains ongoing and no additional information was release…
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Worker Kills Goose With Bare Hands In Jersey City, Advocacy Group Alleges
An animal rescue group is calling for accountability after a goose was allegedly killed by a worker near Liberty Harbor Marina in Jersey City, according to a social media post shared Wednesday, May 6. Witnesses saw a marina worker kill the male goose near the Morris Canal, across from Liberty State Park, according to PAD PAWS Animal Rescue, which shared photos of the goose with its goslings as well as an image appearing to show the bird dead and bloodied “We are heartbroken to share a Liberty Harbor Marina worker murdered a male goose today with his bare hands,” the rescue wrote. The goose…
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Dozens Of Dogs Abandoned In Crates Across Sussex County,
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New Jersey State Police are asking for the public’s help after multiple dogs were found abandoned across Sussex County Monday night, March 16. Troopers from Troop “B” Sussex Station responded at approximately 7:30 p.m. to reports of abandoned dogs on County Route 619 in Stillwater, Meadows Road in Lafayette Township, and Clark Road in Wantage Township, New Jersey State Police said. At each location, approximately six to eight small dogs were found left in open crates without food or water. Investigators believe the incidents are connected based on the dogs’ similar appearance and the way th…
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1,100 Geese Sick Or Dead In NJ As Officials Monitor Bird Flu Outbreak
Nearly 1,100 geese in New Jersey are sick or dead, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Now, state officials are asking the public to report sightings of sick or dead geese. Two parks in Somerset County will have parts of the area temporarily closed following the recent bird deaths. The dead birds have been discovered at the Environmental Education Center in Basking Ridge and Duke Island Park in Bridgewater leading to the closures, the Somerset County Park Commission said. Avian influenza a.k.a. bird flu is being monitored throughout the region, Fr…
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Owner's Eviction Leads To Discovery Of 13 Neglected Dogs In Roach-Infested Passaic Apartment
Thirteen small dogs were rescued from what animal rescuers described as “filthy, roach-infested” conditions inside a New Jersey apartment. The discovery was made during an eviction in Passaic, when animal control officers entered the home and found the dogs trapped in filth, covered in matted fur and surrounded by waste, the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge (RBARI) said in a statement Thursday, Nov. 6. “These Shih Tzu–Terrier mixes had been bred and left to suffer in silence,” RBARI said. “Their home reeked of urine and feces, filled with waste. They met their rescuers with a relieved affection,…
Police & Fire
Animal Cruelty: Dog Had Large Wound Crawling With Maggots, NJ Owner Arrested, Cops Say
A Stanhope woman has been charged with animal cruelty after Byram Township police say her dog was found with a severe, untreated wound crawling with maggots. On Thursday, Aug. 21, at 4:18 p.m., Byram Township patrol officers responded to a report of a wounded dog running at large on Route 206, police said in a release. Officers found the unleashed dog with “a large wound on its back containing maggots and flies,” according to the report. An Animal Control Officer secured the animal and brought it to an emergency animal hospital, where staff confirmed “the wound was severe and had been negle…
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Sprayed For Good Cause: NJ Animal Control Officer Pays Price For Rescuing Skunk (
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Robbie Lagonera learned the hard way that skunks have their own way of saying thank you. Lagonera, who works as animal control officer for Washington Borough in Warren County, rescued a skunk that was in a Hava heart trap that was thrown off a bridge into a creek to drown on Monday, Aug. 4. When Lagonera saw the skunk he saw it was treading water, trying to survive. “I felt terrible for the poor skunk and decided to say ‘screw it’ to the bed sheet and proper ‘skunk in trap’ procedures,” Loagonera said in a Facebook post. Video shows Lagonera pulling the trap out of the water as he promise…
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Naked Repeat Offender Roamed Apartment Halls, Harassed Pets With Dog Whistle: Lyndhurst PD
A Lyndhurst man accused of exposing himself at a local business earlier this week is now facing additional lewdness charges after police say he was caught walking around naked in his apartment building and using a dog whistle to harass his neighbors’ pets. Several residents of the Wall Street West apartment complex contacted police after seeing Jeff R. Johnson allegedly walking nude through the hallways, according to the Lyndhurst Police Capt. Vincent Auteri said. They also reported that Johnson had been intentionally blowing a dog whistle to provoke animals living on the same floor. Detect…
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Loose German Shepherd, Pitbull Kill Small White Dog In New Jersey: Cops
New details have been released in a deadly Bergen County dog attack. A German Shepherd and Pitbull got loose from a Park Ridge home Wednesday evening, April 16, Montvale Police Capt. Alisha Foley confirmed. The two larger dogs then attacked a Maltese being walked by a man on Raven Road in Montvale, killing the Maltese and leaving the walker with a laceration on his hand, according to Foley and Montvale Police Chief Doug McDowell. The dogs involved in the attack have been secured, and animal control is assisting in the investigation. Officials are working to determine how the dogs got…
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Shell-Shocked! TSA Finds Live Turtle In Man’s Pants At Newark Airport
A Pennsylvania man was caught with a turtle concealed in his pants when a Transportation Security Administration body scanner triggered an alarm near his groin on Friday, March 7 at Newark Liberty International Airport, the TSA said in a release. A pat down by an officer revealed there was something concealed in the man’s groin, the TSA said. When asked if there was something hidden in his pants, the man, a resident of East Stroudsburg, ,reached down the front of his pants and pulled out a live turtle that was wrapped in a small blue towel. The turtle was estimated to be about 5-inches in le…
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Photos Show 50-Foot Rescue Of French Bulldog Who Went Tumbling Down Cliff Along Palisades
Talk about a happy tail. A French bulldog named Klipse who went tumbling 40 feet down a cliff at Palisades Interstate Park was rescued by Port Authority Police officers on Tuesday morning July 30, PAPD spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. PAPD's Emergency Service Unit got the call from the George Washington Bridge command around 6:50 that morning. Within minutes, Officer Nicola spotted Klipse on the slope, according to Valens. PAPD PBA Using a rope rescue system, Nicola and his partner, Officer Kuchie, rappelled down to reach the stranded pup. According to Valens, the offi…
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