July 19, 2008 – 1:01 am by RGilbert
Lost:
Dulles International Airport: United States Army Soldier John Weisner was leaving on July 10, 2008, from Dulles International Airport, for a year-long assignment in Saudi Arabia. His dog, Jeddah, a rescued four-year-old mixed-breed female that resembles an Ibizan hound or Pharaoh hound, was making the trip with him. Jeddah had been transferred from her crate to an airline-issued kennel. Fifteen minutes before the flight was to leave, a United Airlines employee told Mr. Weisner that the dog was missing.
Mr. Weisner and his wife Ronia had driven to Washington DC from their home in North Carolina. They are both staying in Virginia to search for the dog, and have set up a web site, Help Find Jeddah, to solicit leads and to give updates on the search.
Missing Dog: Jeddah
Female, spayed; solid tan, white neck, chest, and feet;
approximately 55 pounds; microchipped.
If you have seen this dog, please call (713)240-1268, or visit the owners’ web site at helpfindjeddah.com
Found:
Ocean Grove, Australia: In 1999, Jeni Chiron’s husband, serving in the Australian Defence Force, was posted to Vietnam. They gave their Miniature Pinscher, Phoebe, to some friends to care for in their absence. “We gave her away thinking we would get her back in three years when we came back,”said Mrs. Chiron, “But they moved and gave her to someone else and she got lost from there.”
Fast forward to 2008. Mrs. Chiron’s husband is serving in Iraq. She got a call from a veterinarian in Caloundra two weeks ago. Phoebe had been found on a freeway 1,500 km (930 miles) from their home. Thanks to her microchip, the dog was identified and reunited with her long lost family.
Queens, New York: In the spring of 2003, a beagle puppy named Rocco crawled under the fence of his Queens, NY, backyard and disappeared, leaving heartbroken the five-year old daughter of his owners, the Villacis family.
Last week, the Villacis’ got a call from an animal shelter in Hinesville, Georgia. Rocco had been found about 850 miles from home, He was picked up on a road near Fort Stewart, a local army base, and had been identified by his microchip.
The dog has fleas and is being treated for heartworms, but otherwise looks strong. Jorge Villacis flew down to Georgia to get Rocco to take him back to New York.
Northfield, Illinois: Bo, a brown and white Collie, adopted from a shelter as a puppy by the Moeller family, was about 1-1/2 years old on Memorial Day in 2003, when he ran out the front door of his Northfield, Illinois, home and disappeared.
The Moellers spent the next year looking for him. On Monday night, July 14, 2008, a man spotted the Collie wandering around his Rockford, Illinois, neighborhood, about 75 miles from where Bo had disappeared five years before. He alerted animal control.
Thanks to the dog’s microchip, Gary Longanecker, director of Winnebago County Animal Services, was able to find the Moeller family at their home in Arlington Heights, where they moved in 2004. “I do have faith,” said Bob Moeller, 53, “And I do believe God answers prayers.”
Further Information:
Owners Put Life on Hold For Lost Dog (Washington Post; July 18, 2008)
Phoebe back in Ocean Grove after a 1500km odyssey (Geelong Advertiser; July 19, 2008)
Dog’s amazing five-year, 850-mile journey (Telegraph.co.uk; July 18, 2008)
Dog lost for 5 years reunited with suburban family (Chicago Tribune; July 15, 2008)
Dog Lost For 5 Years Reunites With Family (WIFR.com; July 15, 2008)
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