The Lost is Found: Microchip Success Story

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| Print | By | December 17, 2008 3:49 PM

I love a happy ending, and right in time for the holidays!

This story comes from Steve Blow, a columnist at the Dallas Morning News--and an animal lover extraordinaire. Over a year ago, a black Lab showed up in the back parking lot at the newspaper. This is downtown Dallas, and not a friendly place for a stray, what with all the dangerous traffic. Friendly employees wanted to help, but couldn’t get close to the terrified dog. She ran and hid if anyone came too close.

Dog lovers started calling her “Belo” (the paper is owned by A.H. Belo Corporation), and left out food and water for the frightened stray. She managed to survive on the streets, heaven knows how, dodging traffic and living on handouts. But the recent cold snap reminded these good Samaritans that the black dog faced yet another winter and--well, her luck couldn’t hold. They feared she’d just end up a statistic like so many lost dogs, dead and forgotten…

(quick break while I wipe my eyes and go hug my own healthy, safe and happy doggy…)

Here’s where the story becomes anything but routine. Somebody remembered a story the Dallas Morning News had written about a local gentleman who had great success corralling scared strays when nobody else could. Capp Evans managed to capture Belo on Saturday December 6. A dog sanctuary, Straydog Inc, (http://straydog.org) agreed to take in the dog, and she was routed to a veterinary clinic in Athens for an exam and spay surgery.

Well, not only was Belo deemed healthy and already spayed, she also had a microchip! The information led rescuers to Alisa Holmes of Dallas, who had lost “Shadow” over Thanksgiving weekend of 2007. Alisa had spent weeks searching for her missing friend.

12-17 Shadow.jpg
Belo/Shadow

This year, the holidays will be complete with Shadow returned to her. Read details about how the poor dog was lost and the saga of her return (complete with more pictures) at this link: http://straydog.org/Month200812/20081207JuanasSpecialRep01.html

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