A dog that had been set to be euthanized Thursday—a stray originally adopted in New Canaan who turned up in New York City last week—is now available for fostering or adoption through a partnership between New Canaan’s animal rescue group and the police department.
Ladybug the beagle is adoptable through Strays & Others, New Canaan’s animal rescue group. Credit: John Bemis
The small, approximately 9-year-old beagle mix is being called “Ladybug-Stacey-Hannah” by Officer Allyson Halm, head of the New Canaan Police Department’s Animal Control section, because those three names all appear on various paper work associated with the dog.
She initially had been adopted in New Canaan from the local Animal Control shelter in 2011, and it isn’t clear just where she was in the intervening years. According to Halm, the Stamford man who had adopted her only had the dog for a few months and gave her away to a since-forgotten party.
Officials are calling the dog ‘Hannah-Stacey-Ladybug’ because all of those names show up on her paperwork. Credit: John Bemis
Claudia Weber, founder of Strays & Others, learned of Ladybug’s plight and decided immediately to help the orphaned animal.
“She was slated to be euthanized this coming Thursday,” Weber said. “We had to step in and get her a real home.”
After a visit to Pound Ridge Veterinary Center, Ladybug has been issued a clean bill of health, though she’s a little overweight.
Found as a stray on the Stamford-New Canaan border in March 2011, Ladybug-Stacey-Hannah was adopted the following month by a Stamford family.
“I got a call last Monday from the Manhattan Animal Care and Control Center in Harlem,” Halm said. “Ladybug had been turned in by someone who had found her on the streets in the Bronx. We had first implanted her microchip which led them to us.”
Halm contacted Ladybug’s registered owner in Stamford has been contacted by the New Canaan Animal Control, who said that he had given her away several years ago.
“When the Care and Control Center called, I had to explain that we are limited here. Animal Control is not designed to be an animal welfare facility. We can facilitate, but only temporarily.”
In stepped Weber, who picked up Ladybug from New York while Animal Control offered use of the shelter until the animal can find a better home.
Ladybug is currently living at the shelter on Lakeview Avenue, beside the Transfer Station. The shelter is not designed to care long-term for animals. They’re on their own 23 hours per day.
“She’s a sweetheart,” Halm said.
“According to the records, she is around nine years old, so we need someone who will open their home to a senior,” Halm said.
Ladybug is looking for a loving home as soon as possible, officials said. Those interested in fostering or adopting her, or other homeless animals, please call Strays and Others at 203-966-6556, email at straysandothers@hotmail.com or visit the organization’s website.
We would love to adopt her. We have rescued other dogs who have lived out their lives with us. In fact we have a sensual senior beagle Daisy who we rescued from BONES of New England which your are more than welcome to contact. We have also rescued another beagle Minnie from them.
Where in New York are you located?
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Thank you! She’s a sweet little girl who just wants a warm bed and home!!!! ACO Off. Bosch
My awesome black lab Curlie is from Strays & Others. Claudia does a great job. She spotted Curlie from a blurry photo in a shelter in Georgia on death row, and just picked up on her body language and knew she had to be saved. 5 years later, she is just the best dog!