WEST ISLIP, Long Island (WABC) A dog at a Long Island animal shelter that couldn t be adopted due to a heart defect has found his forever home after receiving life-changing surgery.
After finally having surgery last week, Kobe was adopted by Derek Bullock, a former Nassau correction officer. He came to visit and drop off gifts for Kobe over the last few months.
Last November, someone brought Kobe, a 3-year-old English bulldog-pit bull mix, to the Smithtown Animal Shelter.
Kobe had been living in a small box and was going to be used for breeding, and shelter workers immediately became concerned that Kobe had heart disease.
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