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Default Blind Police Dog Story Raises $20,000

From excite.com

Newspaper readers were so touched by the story of a blind police dog named Timber that they paid for an operation to restore his sight.

In fact, they paid for the $2,500 surgery many times over.

Officer Michelle Rafferty was ready to cover the cost out of her own pocket rather than let her cash-strapped department exchange her partner for a new dog.

But when a story about Timber's cataract operation and Rafferty's devotion appeared in the Star Tribune of Minneapolis last month, readers sent more than $20,000.

"It has blown me away and changed my life forever," Rafferty said.

Donors ranged from the rich and famous to kids who emptied their piggy banks...
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