On Monday, Dec. 28, the Associated Humane Societies received a call reporting an abandoned dog in Barnegat. Animal Control Officer Maria Cymanski was dispatched to the scene in the area of 1450 West Bay Ave., where a young female Siberian husky mix was left in a crate in a wooded area near a gun club.

A man had spotted the crate as he was leaving the club. Upon investigation, he discovered the dog, who had broken out of the crate and was running around it with a leash still attached to her.