01/03/2021
MISSING or STOLEN: SERVICE DOG TO HOMELESS MAN
Studio City, CA, January 2, 2021 ---- Please help reunite Studio City’s long-time homeless companions Jimmy and Boots. $4,000 Reward.
At approx. 2:30 pm on December 31, 2020, a local woman picked up BOOTS to take him for a bath and do his nails, the brown (chocolate) lab therapy dog that has been a 6 -year companion to homeless Studio City man Jimmy. She had bathed him once before, so she was trusted. But this time she did not return BOOTS.
The woman, Nicole Lawrence, a Toluca Lake resident, is a student groomer at Healthy Spot in Pasadena. She claims that she “lost” BOOTS at the corner of Coldwater and Moorpark, then changed location to Laurel Cyn and Moorpark . Since then, Jimmy, has been hysterically circling the neighborhood by bicycle looking for his canine therapy companion. Joining him are volunteer crews from the START animal rescue organization and neighbors throughout Studio City. Jimmy and BOOTS are known to many area residents and families.
Signs are posted and START is offering a $4000 reward for BOOTS’ return.
There is information suggesting that BOOTS might have been stolen and taken to the Toluca Lake area, so volunteers also are scouring the area around 10878 Bloomfield St. in Toluca Lake.
Anyone with any information about BOOTS, or who may have seen BOOTS, is desperately asked to call, 818 522-7311. Media attention could help reunite this homeless man with his longtime therapy dog companion. Please help.
Information about the START animal rescue organization is here: www.STARTrescue.org
Contact: Rene Ruston, START Rescue Founder, 818-522-7311
