lost and found

For Allentown, New Jersey resident, Dina Alborano, February 4, 2015, and the subsequent days were just a nightmare. Alborano’s six-year old German Shepherd, named River, got out of her backyard and got lost in the woods. He was found clinging to life and frozen to the ground 5.5 miles away from home.

When Charles Gaston, MTA welder and track worker for New York’s transit system, found a female, matted poodle mix on Feb. 8, 2015, he thought the pet had been lost for weeks. He rescued the dog and took her home to care for her as if she was his own. He named her Delta, after the D line where she was rescued, and eight days later reunited the pet with her rightful family.

For seven Chicago pet families, Wednesday, February 18, 2015, is a day they don’t ever want to relive again. Their pets were inside an unmarked Urban Out Sitters’s doggy day care van when two thieves approached the car, hijacked it, and took off with seven dogs. All dogs were found safe the following day, but their owners feared they will never see their pets alive again.

A pet owner learned the hard way he should never leave his pet unattended inside his vehicle. The man forgot where he parked and spent two days frantically searching for his car and his four-legged best friend.

Fisherman Javier Gonzales from A Coruña, Spain, loves his six-year-old boxer named Chiqui. He’s had her since she was just 8-weeks-old. The dog goes with him everywhere, even on fishing trips, but on New Year’s Eve instead of leaving Chiqui home alone while he welcomed the new year, Gonzales headed to a New Year’s celebration and left the pet in the car.

Sierra the black Lab is a mischievous dog and her owner Stephanie Lamb from Tulsa, Okla., knows it. When Lamb’s engagement and wedding rings, worth $23,000, went missing from her coffee table, she knew her pet had something to do with it.

On January 8, 2014, an animal lover from San Diego found a female, Siberian husky stuck inside a storm drain. Authorities were called to assist with the pet’s rescue and Animal Services came to the dog’s aid. The canine was later reunited her with her owner.

David Baker was in his San Francisco apartment sleeping when a burglar broke in and snatched his computer, some electronics, and his female blue-nose Pit bull named Mochi. The pet owner made a police report but he also took to social media to spread the word about his missing pet. Thanks to his post, Mochi was found, returned home and the burglar apprehended.

Eragon, a Chihuahua from London got lost this past August while out on a walk. His owner Samantha Jones wanted nothing more than to find her dog, unfortunately she never found him, yet as a true Christmas miracle, Eragon was found inside a Santa sack just nine days before Christmas.

Over a year ago, Joules a Staffordshire Bull Terrier from Middlesex, went missing. Her owner, Liz Wilson-Roberts, searched for her pet, but after not finding the dog, the pet owner convinced herself that her dog was forever gone. Well, a few weeks back, Joules and Wilson-Roberts were once again reunited, all thanks to the dog’s microchip.

Pam Davidson lives in Manitoba-Winnipeg, Canada, and suffers from Parkinson’s disease. On Dec. 2, 2014, her companion pet, a purebred collie named Nell, went missing from her home, but thanks to a Good Samaritan, the woman and her dog were reunited a week later.