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  • Dog rescued from L.A. River is reclaimed by owner [Helicopter, 50 firefighters deployed to rescue]

    01/29/2010 4:00:09 AM PST · by JoeProBono · 41 replies · 1,367+ views
    latimes ^ | January 28, 2010
    Vernon the mystery dog is mysterious no longer: The German shepherd mix, whose dramatic rescue last week from the flooded L.A. River was carried live on many TV news stations, has been reclaimed by his owner. The dog had been taken to the Southeast Area Animal Control Authority shelter in Downey after his rescue, and animal control officers had been unable to locate his owner because he wasn't wearing ID tags and hadn't been microchipped. Officers called him Vernon after the city in which he was rescued. Turns out, Vernon's name is really Spikey, and he's owned by an elderly...