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Pit bull puppy rescued after being thrown from moving vehicle

By Jaime Lutz

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  December 15, 2011

An animal control officer rescued a pitbull thrown from a car in East Brookfield this morning, and said it appeared that the animal had been used for dogfighting. Joseph Blancato Sr. was walking a dog from the town’s Second Chance Animal Center when he saw someone throw “a little pitty” from a moving vehicle on Howe Street, said Sheryl Blancato, his wife, who is also an animal control officer in the town. Sheryl estimated that the dog is six or seven months old.

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