Crime & Safety
Police Rescue Ralphie The Golden From Pond On Long Island
The 12-year-old dog was treated for hypothermia.
Police officers rescued a 12-year-old dog named Ralphie from a backyard pond in West Babylon on Tuesday morning.
According to authorities, Suffolk Police officers responded to a report of a Golden Retriever that was trapped in a pond in the backyard of a home, located on the 1500-block of 5th St., at 8:20 a.m.
Two police officers used an animal control pole and snow shovels to free the dog's legs, which were tangled in tubing, and remove him from the pond.
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Ralphie's owner took him to a veterinarian to be treated for hypothermia.
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