A dogged search

From the April issue: The case of a kidnapped English bulldog splashed across newspapers and airwaves last month had a real estate connection: The pet’s owners are Jessica and Kevin Kurland, the president and founder of Kurland Realty. Fortunately for Clara, the purloined pet, Jessica has a friend, Beth Ostrosky, whose boyfriend is known for reaching wide audiences: the radio personality Howard Stern. He invited Jessica on the show to publicize the search effort, and the story was picked up by the New York Post. The saga began around 8:30 p.m. in mid-March, when Clara went missing from outside a Food Emporium on the far West Side. On the show, Jessica offered a $3,000 “no questions asked” reward for the return of the dog.