Allyson Halm

Dog Found Roaming in New Canaan Reunited with Owner After One Year

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Police say a dog found roaming in New Canaan earlier this month has been reunited with its owner one year after the animal went missing. The young male husky found Feb. 6 on White Oak Shade Road is back with his owner in Windsor after that individual presented photos and paper work to authorities, according to Officer Allyson Halm, head of the New Canaan Police Department Animal Control section. The photos presented to police showed a “very, very distinctive” mark in the shape of a fleur-de-lis on the husky’s forehead, and he “almost collapsed” in his owner’s arms when the pair was reunited at Stamford Animal Control, she said. “I saw the dog just melt in her arms,” Halm said.

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‘Free the Shelters’: New Canaan Woman Steps Up To Pay All Adoption Fees at Stamford Animal Control Shelter through Jan. 14

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Cathy Kangas was at a wedding in Palm Beach, Fla. early last month when, after seeing a photo on Facebook, the New Canaan resident had what she calls “a complete meltdown.”

One of her friends had shared a photo of a beagle picked up as a stray at Stamford Animal Control that looked exactly like Ladybug, the little dog Kangas had rescued in 2016. “My god, we love and trust our dog sitter and I thought, how could Ladybug have gotten out?” Kangas recalled. “I quickly called everyone, including [New Canaan Animal Control Officer] Allyson Halm, asking could she have got out and walked to Stamford?”

Her fears soon were calmed, as Ladybug, Kangas’s babysitter assured her, was safe and happy at home. But the image of the roaming dog didn’t leave Kangas, who followed up on returning to New Canaan with Stamford Animal Control.