Essex Is Clark-Garwood's Pet Of The Week

CLARK/GARWOOD, NJ — Meet Essex! He has been chosen as Clark-Garwood Patch's Pet Of The Week. (For a limited time Pet of the Week will run twice a week to bring some joy during the coronavirus pandemic)

"Essex is a little over a year old. He unexpectedly came into our lives last year. My fiance was on duty with New Jersey Transit Police Department when he heard a kitten crying. He found Essex stuck behind a drain pipe. He pulled him out and took him back to the department to figure out what he should do. He did not want to bring him to the local shelter because Essex had a visible stomach hernia and he would twitch.

He decided to take little Essex home and we are so glad he did! The vet said that his temperature was so low that he wouldn't have survived the night outside. He was only a couple of inches long and was under weight.

We named him after Essex County because we wanted to connect his name to how we found him. He loves sitting on the window sill, eating banana pieces, morning snuggles, and throwing his fake mouse around the house. NJ Transit posted this video of the whole thing - click here."

— Megan Carroll

Do you think your pet should be Clark-Garwood's Pet of the Week?

Participating in the Pet of the Week happenings is simple: submit your nomination by emailing alexis.tarrazi@patch.com with subject line "Clark-Garwood Pet Of The Week." Be sure to include a photograph or two of your pet, a paragraph about what makes him or her so great, the town you're from, and your name.

Then just keep an eye out for a photo of your pet on the Patch!

The photo can be of a present pet, or it can be a baby picture of the adult pet you're so proud of today. All photos must be property of the submitter. By submitting a photo to Patch the submitter agrees to give permission for it to be published on Patch.

Additionally, selected winners each week will be given a digital gift certificate for a free pet wash when they stop at In-N-Out Dog Pet Services at 300 North Ave. in Garwood. And winners can also bring their pet into the store for a picture. In-N-Out will put them up on their Facebook page as well.

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