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The Martha s Vineyard Times
Man takes dog from his mother, has it killed
Police, ACO, and community searched for a dog that was already dead.
Fergus was euthanized July 30. Courtesy Ellen Harley
An Edgartown man went to his mother’s farm and took two dogs licensed to him that had been living there and euthanized at least one of them, according to police and Edgartown’s animal control officer (ACO). The dogs were Fergus, a yellow Lab, and Lola, a Bernese mountain dog mix. Fergus was euthanized on Friday, July 30 at Animal Health Care, according to a police report. Police didn’t know that on Friday, however, and were searching for Fergus because he was reported missing by Edgartown resident Ellen Harley. ACO Betsy Young Buck said her assistant Kathryn Kennedy spent the weekend looking for the dog along with police.