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Initech

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Fri Mar 15, 2013, 04:36 PM Mar 2013

Woman calls 911 to report abandoned baby - actually a puppy. Operators think human.

Candice Salvatore Called 911 To Report 'Abandoned Baby' - A Puppy Baby: Police

Police in Staten Island, N.Y. received a call from a woman Tuesday afternoon reporting an "abandoned baby" outside her home, and were less than amused when they discovered it was an abandoned baby pit bull.

Candice A. Salvatore, who made the 911 call, told the Staten Island Advance that she frequently refers to animals as "babies."

"I wasn't thinking that they would think it was an actual infant," the 27-year-old told the Advance. "I didn't tell her it was a human baby. I just said it was a baby."

The police report, however, quotes Salvatore as saying she called the animal a "baby" because "I needed to spice it up to get you guys to come faster.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/candice-salvatore-911-baby-puppy_n_2884565.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news


Should have thought that through BEFORE calling 911!
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Woman calls 911 to report abandoned baby - actually a puppy. Operators think human. (Original Post) Initech Mar 2013 OP
Damn stupid people... Gwynann Mar 2013 #1
"Spice it up?" Good grief... nt MADem Mar 2013 #2
morons with phones. nt Javaman Mar 2013 #3
I call my dog my baby all the time, but I would have enough sense NOT to say this to police. n/t patricia92243 Mar 2013 #4
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