WHECTV Created: February 06, 2021 06:35 PM
WILLIAMSON, N.Y. (WHEC) A Wayne County family is calling for justice after their beloved dog was killed by a hit-and-run snowmobile.
Duke was the Dubois family s golden retriever. Jim and Barbara Dubois say he was loving and full of personality.
On Thursday, the family says someone on a snowmobile ran across their yard past No Trespassing signs, and struck Duke before continuing on. The family says Duke struggled to try and get home, but he died near the scene. He hit him, says Barbara DuBois. He kept going. I heard the snowmobile go even faster. We heard it. And went running looking for him. He left the dog there to die. He just left. He never came back. Nothing.
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A Williamson family is calling for justice after their family dog was killed by a snowmobiler.
A golden retriever named Duke was killed in his own yard on Thursday, as someone ran across it – bypassing the ‘No Trespassing’ signs.
Jim and Barbara DuBois say Duke tried to get make it home, but died nearby.
“He hit him,” Barbara DuBois told News10NBC. “He kept going. I heard the snowmobile go even faster. We heard it. And went running looking for him. He left the dog there to die. He just left. He never came back. Nothing.”
The family has launched a social media campaign and petition to get the snowmobiling community to identify who hit Duke.