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\u201cWhen the rescuers came, she didn\u2019t care about food. She cared about her monkey.”<\/h2>\n
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One day at a park in Bakersfield, California, a sweet dog was pushed out of a car and abandoned. Before her family drove away, leaving her behind, they tossed her her favorite stuffed monkey out with her. Passersby watched it happen, heartbroken for the sweet dog and her stuffed companion.<\/p>\n

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South Coast Humane Society<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cWhen the rescuers came, she didn\u2019t care about food,\u201d Theron Marbury of South Coast Humane Society (SCHS) wrote on Facebook. \u201cShe cared about her monkey, and that\u2019s why we call her Monkey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monkey ended up at an overcrowded shelter and was soon pulled by SCHS, along with another pup named Jasper. Her stuffed monkey stayed by her side the entire time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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South Coast Humane Society<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Despite everything she\u2019d been through, Monkey was in good spirits when she arrived at SCHS. Whoever dumped her had at least known she wouldn’t be OK without her stuffed friend, who seemed to give her the courage to begin again.<\/p>\n

\u201cMonkey was sweet and energetic when she arrived and co-kenneled with Jasper,\u201d Jenifer Alcorn, executive director of SCHS, told The Dodo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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South Coast Humane Society<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Monkey\u2019s story touched her rescuers hearts, so they posted photos of her with her stuffed monkey on South Coast Humane – The Real One Facebook page so others could hear her story, too, and everyone who saw the post immediately fell in love with her. Monkey got so many adoption inquiries shortly after that, but one family stood out the most.<\/p>\n

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South Coast Humane Society<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\u201cThey [knew] the breed and had room for her to run and live her best life,\u201d Alcorn said. \u201cThey came and met her \u2026 and fell in love. At the risk of looking a gift horse in the mouth, I asked if they would meet her kennel mate, Jasper. They decided to take them both!\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, both Monkey and Jasper are home and living a wonderful life together. Monkey endured everything that came before to get to where she is now \u2014 and she couldn\u2019t have done it without the comfort of her namesake, her beloved stuffed monkey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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