EAST RIDGE, Tenn.-Merry, a brown pit bull at the East Ridge Animal Services shelter, is blissfully unaware of the nationwide political battles that rage around her existence.
A beautifully muscular dog, she dashes around the shelter’s visitor enclosure. Occasionally, she leaps to grab a treat from Caroline Smith, an East Ridge, Tennessee, animal control officer.
“It is kind of nice to be in a smaller shelter, because we’re able to bond with them,” said animal control officer Crystal Reno of the animals under her care.
The shelter found Merry near Christmas, Reno said. Eight of the shelter’s 15 dogs are pit bulls, shelter staff said.
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