On Friday, March 22, a friend at school gave me a flyer about a missing dog in Plainsboro. I immediately contacted several dog-loving people and neighbors and put it on my Facebook page. I called the owner to get details and became part of the small group that would go to the areas where the dog had been seen throughout the next several days. It was a real networking experience by some very caring people. Local shelters offered good advice, a nearby ACO offered a trap to the owners to set at night, and both the Cranbury and Plainsboro police were very attentive. People in both Grover’s Mill developments were keeping there eyes and garage doors open just in case and putting out food as well.
Unfortunately the Helmetta Animal Control group was not. They apparently came out several days prior with a trap but said they could not leave the trap “because then someone would have to come back and get it, and my boss doesn’t want to pay overtime.” What a shame. If he had left that trap it may have only taken three or four days to round up this frightened dog rather than 11 nights!
The Plainsboro police called them again on Friday from the Grover’s Mill East development but they said they couldn’t come out unless we had the dog “contained.” If we had the dog contained we wouldn’t need them now would we?
The story ends well. By 2 a.m. on Monday, March 25, the dog was trapped in the Prospect Avenue area by a private individual.
Liz Hammock
Jeffers Road, Plainsboro
