Animal 411
New Canaan and State Police Rescue Abandoned Puppy on Merritt Parkway
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Police on Thursday rescued a female Vizsla-pit bull mix puppy from the side of the Merritt Parkway after the animal apparently had been abandoned there. The puppy, who is estimated to be about five or sixth months old, was spotted at about 11:13 a.m. on May 14 on the wrong side of the guardrail in the southbound lane, just south of the Exit 37 overpass, according to Animal Control Officer Maryann Kleinschmitt. “She could have turned around and went other way,” Kleinschmitt said of the dog that Animal Control officers have named ‘Ruby’ because of her red coloring. “She is a doll,” Kleinschmitt said. If the puppy goes unclaimed—and nobody has reported a missing dog yet that fits Ruby’s description—then she will become property of NCPD and will be show-able to prospective owners toward the end of next week, after undergoing vaccinations.