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Suzanne Pellegrino and goat Enzo share a kiss in North Scituate, R.I. Pellegrino said she found Enzo when he was a day old and was sold at an auction. (Jonmaesha Beltran/ecoRI News)

NORTH SCITUATE, R.I. — Suzanne Pellegrino had a passion for taking care of animals since she was a child. At 10 years old, she found her family’s first cat, Ebony, during a trip to Essex Island Marina in Connecticut. She hid the black kitten in her jacket as she boarded the boat to head back home to Rhode Island. That wasn’t the only time she surprised her parents with an animal. She once hid a bunny in her closet until her mother found it nearly two hours later…

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