A New Jersey woman is desperate to find Basil, her emotional support dog taken away in her stolen car while she was in the Bronx on Friday for a funeral.
The woman suspects her dog was let go after her car was swiped near Boston Road and found ditched without the keys a short time later on East 137th Street.
Basil, a trained emotion support dog, is just one year old and was about to reach a full year with the owner later this month.
The woman, from the Garden State, said she was in town for a funeral and had stepped out of her car because she was not feeling well when a car thief found their opening.
Basil could be on the loose, running around the borough after the car thief left the vehicle abandoned Friday, the woman believes.
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