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August
11, 2006
Contact:
Abigail Smith
Dir. of Development & Marketing
Phone: (603) 772-2921 ext. 106
Stratham, NH
For Immediate Release
Baby
Goat Dumped in Exeter
Animal Cruelty
Officer Jones of
the Exeter
PD holds the abandoned goat.
On Wednesday night, August 9, 2006 sometime between 10:30 and 11:00
PM, a baby goat was discarded between Haven and Bonnie Drives in
Exeter, NH. Witnesses observed a dark colored SUV leaving the area
after they heard the goat crying and went outside to find it standing
in the road.
Animal Cruelty Officer Jones of the Exeter Police Department was
called out to pick up the animal and the goat was then delivered
to the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
in Stratham. Anyone with information about the goat or the person
abandoning the goat can call ACO Jones at (603) 772-1212 or the
Exeter Crime Line at (603) 778-9000, as well as the NHSPCA's Cruelty
Investigator
Steve Sprowl.
Abandoning an animal is considered animal cruelty under the State
of New Hampshire's Criminal Code and carries a misdemeanor charge
for the first offense. Citizens that have a need to dispose of their
unwanted animals should call a humane society in their area and
seek help in surrendering the animal rather than abandoning the
animal on the side of the road.
The New Hampshire SPCA is a community resource center that provides
animal adoption, education, investigation and sheltering services
in a professional and compassionate way. The Adoption Center is
open from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
11 a.m. - 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday and closed on Wednesday.
For more information about making a donation to the New Hampshire
SPCA please call (603) 772-2921 ext. 106 or visit www.nhspca.org.
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