Living Happy Facing Breast Cancer, Zoe ‘Always Has Smile On Face’ By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com After a year and some happy months on the other side of neglect, 10-year-old German Shepherd Zoe has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Zoe first captured the hearts of people across the region – and beyond – when rescued from her home on Nov. 15, 2019, after a UPS driver spotted a dog that appeared to “have had its leg blown off.”…
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EDITORIAL Everyone Wants Fair Deal For Animal Shelter, County Drop The Threats, Negotiate An Agreement The issue’s been hanging out there for a while: What role should the Otsego County Board of Representatives play in funding the Susquehanna Animal Shelter? Schoharie County’s contribution is $75,000 a year to its shelter. Delaware County splits $88,000 among two shelters. Until now, Otsego County has contributed nothing. The county has been allocating $5,000 a year. It is not a donation, but a fee…
Zoe Cancer-Free, Cornell Tests Find COOPERSTOWN – Zoe, the dog rescued from Exeter Center after she chewed off her own leg, has been declared cancer-free by veterinarians at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals, executive director Stacie Haynes reported just moments ago. “According to the pathology report, the complete surgical excision is expected to be curative,” said Haynes. “They believed it was just a fatty mass, which is common in dogs her age. Zoe is cancer-free.”…
LETTER from TERESA CHAGRIN Cases Like Zoe’s Common, PETA Headquarters Reports To the Editor: The horrific case of Zoe, an emaciated German shepherd who chewed off her front leg after being confined to a flimsy plastic carrier outdoors without any food or drinkable water, is a wake-up call to citizens to keep an eye out for “backyard dogs.” Unfortunately, cases of extreme neglect like Zoe’s aren’t unusual. Dogs relegated to the backyard 24 hours a day are commonly deprived of…
$5K Raised For Zoe As Biopsy Results Await By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – At first glance, you wouldn’t know Zoe was a miracle. “When I went to visit; she was jumping and playing like any normal dog,” said Stacie Haynes, Susquehanna SPCA executive director. “If you didn’t look at her leg, you wouldn’t think she was any different.” Just two weeks ago, the 9-year-old German shepherd was found chained outside of 605 County Highway 22, just…
‘A THANKSGIVING MIRACLE’ Zoe On The Mend After An 11-Pound Tumor Is Removed Dog Cared For At Butternuts Farm; Biopsy Will Determine What’s Next By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK SEMINARY – “A Thanksgiving Miracle” arrived at the Susquehanna Animal Shelter a few minutes ago. That’s how Zoe, 9, the German shepherd who was found with a front leg chewed off in Exeter Center last week, was described by SQSPCA Executive Director Stacie Haynes as the two arrived…
Susquehanna SPCA Reports Zoe’s Surgery Successful COOPERSTOWN – Zoe, the dog rescued from Exeter with a missing leg, has safely come through a surgery to remove a benign mass and amputate what remained of her leg. “She keeps shocking everyone with how strong she can be,” said Stacie Haynes, executive director, Susquehanna SPCA. “We cannot thank you all enough for the love and support you have shown this truly incredible dog.” Surgeons at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Animal…
DOG MAY HAVE CHEWED OFF LEG NEGLECTED, ZOE GETS OPERATIONS By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com EXETER CENTER – Zoe may have a missing leg and a tumor, but successful fundraising sheds light on an otherwise dark story. By press time, 36 people had donated $1,800 since Friday morning, Nov. 15, to help cover the hospital costs for the 9-year-old German shepherd that was placed under a veterinarians’ care after a UPS driver noticed she was missing a leg and…
Zoe Allegedly Chained Outside With No Food, Frozen Water Exeter Man Charged In Neglect, Abuse Of Dog EXETER – Four days after the Susquehanna SPCA rescued Zoe, a dog in such distress that she is believed to have chewed off her own leg, her owner was arrested and charged with abuse and failure to provide shelter. Carl K. Pritchard, Exeter, was charged with a misdemeanor of over-driving, torturing and injuring animals; failure to provide proper sustenance and a violation for…
ANIMAL-CRUELTY PROBE LAUNCHED Dog Rescued With Missing Leg By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com BURLINGTON FLATS – The Susquehanna SPCA rescued a senior German shepherd Zoe who was found injured and in an inadequate shelter at a home in Burlington Flats. “A passerby noticed this dog tied outside and that her leg looked like it had been blown off,” said Stacie Haynes, executive director. With the help of Otsego County 911, State Police, and Anita Vitullo of Staffworks, the…