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Byline: Sue Ter Maat
smaat@@dailyherald.com
Out of time at the dog pound, the black-and-white 73-pound mutt almost found himself on the wrong side of a syringe full of Fatal Plus, a deadly canine poison.
Weeks earlier, Hobbs had been running along a country road when Franklin County animal control officer Mary Crawford called to him.
He bounded up to her, jumped in her patrol car and rode the entire way in the passenger's seat to the pound in Benton, which is about 300 miles southwest of Chicago.
After a seven-day waiting period for an owner to come forward, Hobbs was looking at the end of his 1-year-old life as control officers debated whom to put down that week when the pound was full.
But officers favored the burly, outgoing Newfoundland mix, pushing back his date with destiny.
His picture was e-mailed to an Elk Grove Village animal shelter. His striking looks and highly touted good nature secured him a seat on a transport over many others, who would not be so lucky.
Twice a week, 20 to 60 animals on this particular transport route move from certain death to a new life in suburban shelters, thanks to Illinois Animal Rescue volunteers, who say they've saved 6,000 animals.
Now, at 7:30 a.m. on a Tuesday in November, Hobbs waits in a white...
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