article_snippet.sent: A dog who was living in a shelter for the past five years has finally gone home to a loving family in New York state after A family was shared on social media.
article_snippet.sent: Chester, a 6-year-old Pit Bull mix, had been housed at the North Fork Animal Welfare League on Long Island.
article_snippet.sent: The poor pooch had been living in New York state shelters since 2010 and The poor pooch looked as though things were going to remain that way, until a picture that was shared online garnered sympathy from across the country.
article_snippet.sent: This is the picture that secured Chester a loving home .
article_snippet.sent: Long-time coming: Chester, a six-year-old pit bull, was found as a stray and had been living in shelters for the past five years .
article_snippet.sent: The shelter, which is based in Riverhead on Long Island posted a picture on Thursday that was hard for dog-lovers to resist.
article_snippet.sent: The shelter, which is based in Riverhead on Long Island showed Chester with a sign around Chester neck.
article_snippet.sent: Everyone at the shelter tells me what a good boy I am.
article_snippet.sent: Saying goodbye: Saturday morning, volunteers came to the shelter to say good-bye to Chester, a longtime favorite among those who'd come regularly to walk him and give him belly rubs and kisses .
article_snippet.sent: Yesterday morning, volunteers came to the shelter to say good-bye to Chester.
article_snippet.sent: The shelter has received a lot of attention as a result of Chester's plight and intends to use it's Facebook page to help other long-term residents of the refuge find new homes.
article_snippet.sent: The shelter took a picture of the poor pooch and posted the poor pooch onto a Facebook page where the poor pooch received 6,000 likes and Chester found a loving home .
highlights_snippet.sent: A heartbreaking photo of a six-year-old Pit mix appeared on an animal shelter's Facebook page .
  