Mass. dog catcher fired for giving away stray

November 2, 2009 8:37:00 am
- Associated Press

STOUGHTON, Mass. — Stoughton's animal control officer has been fired for allegedly giving a stray dog away, even though she would have known how to find its owner.

Town Manager Mark Stankiewicz confirmed Friday that Kristin Bousquet no longer works for the town. He refused to disclose further details citing privacy issues.

Janet Torren of Rochester says her Yorkshire terrier had an identifying microchip in its ear. She said the chip's distributor told her it was scanned Sept. 18 by the Stoughton pound.

Torren said Bousquet denied any knowledge of her dog.

Police said instead of returning her dog, Bousquet gave it to a policeman as a gift for his girlfriend on Sept. 22.

Bousquet has said in an e-mail to The Enterprise of Brockton that she wasn't "100 percent truthful" about the incident.

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