Dog swallows 111 coins and still survives

Dog swallows 111 coins and still survives
A New York man said veterinarians conducted life-saving surgery to remove 111 pennies from his dog's stomach. Tim Kelleher said Jack, his Jack Russell terrier, ingested the $1.11 in pennies while trying to eat bagel crumbs from his desk Friday. "He climbed on my desk to get at the bag with the bagel and knocked the change all over the floor. While he was licking up the crumbs, he swallowed the pennies," Kelleher said. He said veterinarians at BluePearl Veterinary Partners were worried the zinc in the coins could pose a lethal threat to the 13-year-old dog's liver and kidneys, so the pennies were removed in a two-hour operation.

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