{"id":176210,"date":"2018-04-09T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/176210\/family-desperate-for-safe-return-of-deaf-puppy\/"},"modified":"2018-04-09T15:31:40","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T13:31:40","slug":"family-desperate-for-safe-return-of-deaf-puppy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/04\/09\/family-desperate-for-safe-return-of-deaf-puppy\/","title":{"rendered":"Family desperate for safe return of deaf puppy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hannah Williams is beside herself with worry about Bell, her four-month-old puppy.<\/p>\n<p>Bell is not an ordinary puppy &#8211; she is deaf and has a number of medical issues and needs constant care.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>It is suspected that Bell was stolen from the Williams\u2019 garden in Elsburg Road, Delville on March 13.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/175427\/take-me-home-152\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Take me home\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>This was meant to be Bell\u2019s forever home as she had already been placed in three homes previously in her short four-month life.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>She was doing well with the Williams family. Her new owners love her very much and had even started teaching her sign language.<\/p>\n<p>An appeal has been made to the community to help bring Bell home as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/152260\/how-does-an-spca-adoption-work\/\">How does an SPCA adoption work?<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Although her owners do not have enough money for a reward, friends and community members have managed to raise R2 000 as a reward for her safe return.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8216;Go Fund Me&#8217; page has also been set up to raise funds for a bigger reward and a Facebook page &#8216;Bring Home Bell &#8211; Missing Deaf Puppy&#8217; to help raise awareness, has also been created.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Hannah on 079 305 3255 with any information which could lead to the safe return of Bell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za<\/a><\/strong>or Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0Kgotsofalang Mashilo (journalist)\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>kgotsofalangm@caxton.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Remember to visit the Germiston City News on the following social media platforms:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/germistoncitynews\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCNnews\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a 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