The Harbor Master's Log » missing pets

“Mean trick” leads to happy ending for German shepherd puppy

Terra — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:55:52 +0000

Thanks to a microchip, a German shepherd puppy missing for 2 months was reunited with his owners – 600 miles away.

A Virginia couple has been reunited with their German shepherd, which was found hundreds of miles from home in Florida. Pamela Holt, of Stuart, Va., says she thought DeLand Animal Control Officer Gary Thomas was playing a “mean trick” when he called to say he found 18-month old Deacon. The dog had been missing since December. The Holts thought their dog had died.

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Microchip Reunites Missing Cat & Owner Years Later

Terra — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:50:09 +0000

A Florida woman lost her cat 2 years ago during the holidays. She never lost hope that she would one day be reunited with her Himalayan, Fluff. And thanks to a microchip, this story has a very happy ending.

A supervisor at Hillsborough County Animal Services said a woman turned Fluff in recently, claiming she only had the cat for the last few weeks and was unable to care for the animal anymore.

Animal services supervisor Melvin Dean said a microchip implanted in Fluff provided information regarding the cat’s true owner and the long-awaited reunion between human and feline took place.

“I have been here for 17 years. This chip literally has brought dozens of pets and their owners back together. There have been a lot of happy reunions that I have seen,” Dean told WFTS.

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Injured Cat Finds His Way Home After 11 Days Missing

Terra — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:31:10 +0000

Two broken legs didn’t stop Giggle-Blizzard from finding his way home on Thanksgiving day.

A car had smashed his back legs a week ago, but Giggle-Blizzard somehow got back [home]. He knew the area from walking unleashed with [Tracie] Steger’s seven other cats and two dogs.

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Missing Bomb-Sniffing Pootch Found in Afghanistan

Terra — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:49:21 +0000

We all love happy endings, right? Well, take a look at this story: A bomb-sniffing Labrador in Afgahnistan went missing, but was found 14 MONTHS later!

Sabi was with a joint Australian-Afghan army patrol ambushed in restive Uruzgan province in September 2008, triggering a gunfight that wounded nine troops and earned one Australian soldier the country’s highest bravery medal.

But there was no sign of Sabi after the battle, and months of searching failed to find any sign of the retriever — until now.

Defense officials said Thursday that a U.S. soldier recovered Sabi at an isolated patrol base elsewhere in Uruzgan. Further details about the base were not given. [...]

Exactly where Sabi has been or what happened to her during the past 14 months will probably never be known, though her being in good condition when she was found indicated somebody had been looking after her, military spokesman Brig. Brian Dawson told reporters in Canberra.

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