“Mean trick” leads to happy ending for German shepherd puppy February 25th, 2010
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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Injured Cat Finds His Way Home After 11 Days Missing December 23rd, 2009
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 November 12th, 2009
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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