Lost Dog is Returned to Owners Two Years After Going Missing June 15, 2009 by
The Blue Cross A
stray dog found collapsed and bleeding on London’s streets has
been reunited with her family twenty miles away, two years after she
went missing.
A dog warden from Southwark council found Honey, a distinctive
looking Saluki cross-breed, last month after a member of the public
reported seeing her in Bermondsey. She was very weak with filthy,
matted fur so she rushed her to The Blue Cross pet charity’s
hospital in Victoria, which provides a 24-hour emergency service for
injured pets.
Blue Cross vet Nigel Griffiths said: ”When Honey arrived in
the middle of the night she was severely dehydrated and could barely
lift her head. We put her on a drip and made her comfortable then
carried out some tests. She was suffering from severe gastroenteritis.
Fortunately, after intensive treatment and special care she soon made a
full recovery.”
Honey had been fitted with a microchip containing her owner’s
contact details so The Blue Cross was able to contact them the next
day. Nurses were amazed to find out that Honey had gone missing from
her home in April 2007 after squeezing through a hole in the garden
fence and had not been seen since. Owners Mr and Mrs Beckley suspect
she may have been stolen.
Mrs Beckley said: “We were gobsmacked when we got the message
from The Blue Cross, and we’re so grateful to them for bringing
Honey back to us. We all loved Honey so much and were devastated when
we couldn’t find her. We put up posters and called local vets and
rescue centres then when we moved house we thought we might never see
her again. Thank goodness we had her microchipped and kept the contact
details up to date, just in case.”
Honey was reunited with her owners last week and appears to be
recovering well from her ordeal. She is one of many stray dogs found in
London every day, many of which are not microchipped and sadly will
never find their way home.
Microchips are tiny electronic identification devices, each
containing a unique serial number. A scanner run over a lost pet will
reveal the special number which is stored in a central database
alongside the owner’s contact details.
The Blue Cross recommends that all pets should be fitted with a
microchip to ensure that they can be returned to their owners if they
should become lost or stolen. Microchips can be fitted by most vets for
a small one-off fee, and The Blue Cross offers a subsidised service to
owners who can’t afford a private vet. For more information
please phone 0300 123 9933.
Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:35 pm by Lorz
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So nice the dog was reunited with them :love: If only dogs could talk i bet she would have a story to tell
