Woman sues group after her lost dog gets adopted

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CHICAGO (CBS) — A young Chicago pistillate is heartbroken with Zeus, her beloved aureate retriever, nary longer successful her life.

The sadness could person been avoided, Karly Moran-West said, if metropolis workers had done their jobs and followed Illinois law. As CBS 2’s Jim Williams reported Tuesday, she has filed suit to get the canine back.

Moran-West said her aureate retriever puppy was a cleanable lucifer the infinitesimal she saw him.

“Zeus, helium was precise outgoing – helium came consecutive up to me,” she said. “He was playing with us, and I was like, that is the 1 I want. He acts precisely similar me.”

For six years, Moran-West had the canine she called Zeus.

“He was precise outgoing. He was precise lovable,” she said. “He loved everybody.”

Moran-West embroidered Zeus’ sanction and her compartment fig into his reddish collar. If helium got lost, the interaction accusation was close there.

“I’m inactive blown distant by the information that there’s a canine with a collar, with a telephone fig – and cipher saw acceptable to call,” said Moran-West’s attorney, Jonathan Rosen.

That is the bosom of the allegation successful Moran-West’s suit against the city’s Department of Animal Care and Control. Its workers recovered Zeus erstwhile helium escaped from the backyard of Moran-West’s dad’s location successful January of past year.

Moran-West said she ne'er received a telephone from Animal Control earlier it turned the canine implicit to Fetching Tails, an carnal rescue agency.

Zeus was past adopted by different family.

“I was precise depressed,” Moran-West said. “I cried for 2 weeks.”

“We were told by Fetching Tails Foundation that they reached retired to the household and the household said no,” added Rosen.

No, the household would not instrumentality Zeus to Moran-West. The suit argues the metropolis and Fetching Tails violated Illinois law, which requires carnal attraction agencies to marque each effort to find owners of mislaid dogs.

Rosen showed america Animal Control’s intake card. On it was the dog’s name, Zeus. If the metropolis workers had his name, Rosen argues, surely they saw Moran-West’s telephone fig connected the collar.

“She was lied to and told determination was nary telephone number,” Rosen said.

“You guys should person a bosom and springiness maine backmost my dog,” added Moran-West.

Moran-West is 20 present and wants to beryllium a veterinarian, with hopes of 1 time reuniting mislaid dogs with their families.

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We reached retired to the city’s Animal Care and Control bureau and Fetching Tails, and had not heard backmost precocious Tuesday.