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Bucket Head found and freed

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by Matthew Wilson

DERBY — There once was a dog named Chuck who had some miserable luck.  He wandered away, and to his dismay, on his head a bucket was stuck.

Well, it wasn’t a bucket.  It was actually the top of an automatic food dispenser.  Many people may have seen on social media the story of a dog who has eluded authorities for over a week in a rather sad state.  The compassion of volunteers was put on display as numerous rescue attempts were made, as dog lovers banded together to help a canine in need.

In the end it was a trap, not searchers or drones, that got Chuck out of the fix he was in.

Renee Falconer, animal control officer for Derby, knows Chuck’s story all too well. …

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