Crime & Safety

Abused Dogs Given New Home

The dogs previously owned by a Des Plaines man serving 30 months in prison for cruelty were adopted.

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The three dogs police took into custody after witnesses reported seeing have all been adopted by new owners.

Chrisโ€™ Rescue Angels, based in Missouri, a nonprofit rescue organization that specializes in small dogs, organized the adoptions.

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Maria Falco, of Chrisโ€™ Rescue Angels, stated in a email to Patch that Teddy, a nine-year-old Lhasa Apso, and Gizmo, a one-year-old Shih Tzu, were adopted together. The third dog, .

โ€œTeddy and Gizmo have been adopted together by a wonderful person; she will spoil and love them the way they should have been,โ€ Falco stated. โ€œWhat a great lady she is, to open her heart to them.

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โ€œI am so happy I can jump out of my skin. Itโ€™s a very happy ending for all ofย them.โ€

, and was prohibited from owning animals for 20 years by the court.

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