2024-04-06 01:08:46
A dog that had been missing in San Diego, California, since the summer, turned up more than 3,200 kilometers away from home, in the suburbs of the North American city of Detroit, Michigan.
Harper Woods police responded last week to a call for an abandoned dog. After rescuing the animal, he contacted an animal welfare group, the Associated Press (AP) reported this Thursday.
The Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society said it quickly discovered the dog, named Mishka, had a chip implanted identity card, with information about its owners.
Mehrad Houman and her family live in San Diego but were planning to travel to Minnesota when they got the call.
After landing in Minnesota, Houman drove 10 hours to Michigan to be reunited with Mishka, the adoption group said in a post on the social network Facebook accompanied by photos and video.
“This is a story that Hollywood would love to tell,” said the association.
Mishka left Houman’s workplace, an auto repair shop, in July and never returned. This dog’s collar had the family’s phone number on it. “We think it was stolen and then sold and ended up in Michigan,” said Corinne Martin, director of the animal welfare group.
Houman’s wife, Elizabeth, highlighted that this was “an incredible journey”. “I never gave up. I posted more than a thousand flyers. I had a pamphlet on the back windshield. I took her collar with me whenever I looked for her. Now I just want to find out how it got to Michigan,” she stressed.
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Veterinarian Nancy Pillsbury examined three-year-old Mishka, gave her a rabies shot and cleared her to travel home to California. “She was clean and well fed. Whoever took care of her took good care of her,” Pillsbury assured the AP.
“How did you get here? This is a story only Mishka knows,” she added.
2024-04-06 01:08:46