Ailing dog found with stuffed polar bear in stomach
Posted March 16, 2016 7:00 am
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A veterinarian helped save the life of an ailing New Mexico dog after discovering the source of the pup's pain - a 6-inch long, 2-inch wide stuffed polar bear.
Santa Fe Animal Humane officials told KRQE-TV in Albuquerque (http://goo.gl/oPZdgH) that the bear was discovered in the dog's stomach during surgery.
A veterinarian said the dog named "Honey" had been sick for about a week and would have likely died within two days.
The dog is now expected to survive.
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Information from: KRQE-TV, http://www.krqe.com
In this March 15, 2016 photo provided by the Santa Fe Animal Shelter, Dr. Rick Snook, a veterinarian with the Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society, gives Honey, a Dogue de Bordeaux, a hug after examining her at the shelter's Thaw Animal Hospital. The dog swallowed a 6-inch stuffed toy that was lodged in her intestine and was successfully removed following surgery on Monday.(Ben Swan/The Santa Fe Animal Shelter via AP))
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This Monday, March 14, 2016 photo provided by the Santa Fe Animal Shelter shows a 6-inch-long, 2-inch-wide stuffed polar bear at the shelter's Thaw Animal Hospital in Santa Fe, N.M., after it was removed from a dog's intestine. Officials believe the dog, Honey, a Dogue de Bordeaux, swallowed it a week or so before. Honey has recovered from the surgery to remove it.(Ben Swan/The Santa Fe Animal Shelter via AP))
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