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Venomous snake bites dog at Connecticut state park, prompting risky mountaintop rescue
Postal worker alerts family after beagle gets bitten by venomous snake
A postal worker alerted a Georgia family that their dog had been bitten by a copperhead snake through the family’s security video. (Credit: Kelsey Proctor via Storyful)
HAMDEN, Conn. – A dog in Connecticut faced a risky mountaintop rescue after being bitten by a venomous copperhead snake.
The terrain at Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden was extremely treacherous as firefighters and local animal control officers rushed to the scene Wednesday to provide the dog with urgent medical attention.
A team of six people, including the dog’s owner, worked together to move the injured dog to safety on a stretcher.
“Thank you goes out to the two firefighters who did most of the carrying,” expressed Hamden Animal Control on social media, along with photos of the rescue operation.
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A dangerous mountaintop rescue was required for a dog in Connecticut after it was bitten by a venomous copperhead snake at Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden on Wednesday. (Hamden Animal Control)
The dog received antivenom and is currently under observation at a local animal.
“This is just a reminder to be careful out there, there are northern copperheads at Sleeping Giant,” animal control officers warned. “Their habitat includes rocky hillsides, open woods, as well as edges of swamps and meadows.”
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Connecticut is home to two venomous snake species: the timber rattlesnake and the northern copperhead.
Wildlife officials emphasize that these snakes are not aggressive and will only bite if threatened or handled; if left undisturbed, they do not pose a threat to people.
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The search continues for a rare collection of Abraham Lincoln artifacts that went missing after a visit to Connecticut College in New London, including a letter written days after the president’s assassination.
Sameer Somal, a Lincoln enthusiast, said the artifacts disappeared Tuesday after he accidentally left the folder containing them on top of his car and drove away following interviews with fellow Lincoln scholars at Connecticut College.
“The plan was to interview them, and I was going to show them some of these artifacts,” Somal said.
Somal said he has spent years assembling the collection, which included portraits of Lincoln, original Civil War-era newspapers, and an original invitation to Lincoln’s 1864 inaugural ball.
Among the items was a document Somal described as especially significant.
“There was a letter, which is particularly precious, written on April 17th, 1865, from General William Tecumseh Sherman about the assassination of Mr. Lincoln,” Somal said.
After realizing the folder was missing, Somal contacted campus security. He said he was initially told the folder had been recovered, but later learned security had mistaken it for a book that had fallen from his car.
“I proceeded to look in the dark in my state of disappointment and trauma,” Somal said.
The next day, Somal made the five-hour trip back to New London and checked with the police. He believes the folder likely fell on or near the Connecticut College campus, but it has not been turned in.
Somal said the loss goes beyond the monetary value of the artifacts, as the collection was intended to serve as a centerpiece for a future museum dedicated to Lincoln in Illinois.
Now he is asking whoever found the folder to return it.
“I will do anything to get these items back and anything to help someone else in life if I can just get them back,” Somal said.
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