Alabama NewsCenter – Everybody loved Lucy: The legacy of an Alabama bloodhound

By: Michelle Matthews

Lucy the bloodhound passed away in April, not long after she celebrated her 13th birthday. But her image still adorns the van Dr. Mark Colicchio drives as a mobile veterinarian. Photos of her standing in the Battle House lobby advertise that the posh downtown Mobile hotel welcomes dogs. She was also the face of Save a Stray, the nonprofit founded by Stephanie Eads-Williamson and Dr. Jeni Knizley.

She lives on in another way, as well. Save a Stray is holding a fundraiser in her honor, with a couple of matching gifts intended to make donations go further toward its efforts to spay and neuter pets.

Williamson still tears up when Lucy’s name is mentioned. She started out as Lucy’s foster mom and ended up keeping her because Lucy – a stubborn 80-pound hound with long ears and warm brown eyes who pretty much always got what she wanted – chose the Williamson home as her own.

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