Heiress Gives Abandoned Shelter Dog a Jet-Set Rescue

A black Labrador retriever that spent two stints at a Kansas animal shelter is living the good life on a 120-acre Florida farm, thanks to an affluent heir who felt a personal connection to the dog and dispatched a private jet to claim her.

Last week, social media pounced on the story of the senior dog that returned to the Chautauqua County Animal Shelter in Sedan, Kansas, after wandering some 30 miles away from a previous home.

When author Helen Rich — a granddaughter of chewing-gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. — learned of the dog’s story, she sent her personal assistants to pick up the pooch Thursday and fly her to Florida.

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