FREEPORT, Maine – A Wisconsin rescue dog has a new home -- all because of the unusual name shelter employees gave him.
A 3-year-old coon hound named "L.L. Bean" was recently featured on a local television station's "Pet of the Day" segment. That feature caught the eye of an employee from L.L. Bean's corporate office in Maine.
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Turns out the Dunn County Humane Society in Wisconsin had been unable to find a home for the dog for more than a year -- that is until word got around the L.L. Bean offices.
Four applications to adopt L.L. Bean were turned, but Pam Burt of Windham, Maine, a customer service representative, was chosen to adopt the hound.
Employees at L.L. Bean's Maine offices collected more than $800 to pay for the dog's transportation from Wisconsin to Burt's home in Maine.