North Bellport NewsLocal news for North Bellport, NY continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Official: Dog starved by owner swallowed rocks- July 14, 2008 Cali the starving rottweiler became so hungry that she swallowed five golf-ball-sized rocks in her North Bellport backyard last month in a near fatal attempt to ease hunger pangs, rescuers said.By the time she had emergency surgery to remove the stones, 4-year-old Cali weighed just 40 pounds. 'She was skin and bones,' said Matthew Kearns, the veterinarian who treated the rottweiler at Animal Emergency Services in Selden.Though Cali was lucky, her sister rottweiler wasn't. She died of...http://www.topix.net/city/north-bellport-ny/2008/07/official-dog-starved-by-owner-swallowe... |