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O'Hanlon picked up Thor and brought him to the vet where the tooth of another animal was removed from his head. He's since recovered and doing well at home with his new family

O'Hanlon said he wants to remove the stigma surrounding pit bulls being aggressive dogs.

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PHOTO: Officer Matthew O'Hanlon of the Mount Laurel Police Department in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, took a puppy in after he and his colleagues found him in an industrial area on Jan. 2. O'Hanlon and his fiance adopted the pit bull and named him Thor.
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\"They're the most loving, affectionate dogs I've ever had … it's [unfortunate] to see them get bad reputations when it's really the way they're raised.\"

\"And adopt don't shop,\" he added.

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