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Lost Brisbane dog found in Melbourne nine years laterArticle from: Font size: Decrease Increase Email article: Email Print article: Print Submit comment: Submit comment Kelly Ryan

July 30, 2009 06:28am
A FLEA-bitten dog rescued from a squalid Melbourne backyard is to be reunited with her overjoyed Brisbane owner - nine years after she disappeared.

And 17-year-old Chloe Rushby, who was only eight when her best mate disappeared, can't wait to have Muffy back in her arms.

Chloe and her family screamed with joy when the RSPCA called to say Muffy was alive - much older, very scruffy and 2000km away in Melbourne, the Herald Sun reports.

"It would be fair to say that they were extremely elated and extremely excited by the call," said RSPCA inspector Gail Coulter, who found an emaciated Muffy after an anonymous tip.

"They were initially shocked and confused, but when we mentioned the name Muffy - which is part of the microchip information - and gave them a description of her, they knew it was their pet lost so many years ago."

What happened in between is largely a mystery, as are the previous seven years of her life.

Ms Coulter found Muffy sleeping on a tattered piece of cardboard after a tip-off about animal cruelty.

The skinny mutt with matted fur was suffering severe dermatitis caused by flea allergy.

The last thing Ms Coulter expected was to find was the bag of skin and bones had been microchipped.

She was even more astounded when her original owners were found in Brisbane and were overjoyed to have their old dog back.

"It's an amazing, extraordinary story on several counts," Ms Coulter said.

"The fact that someone went to the trouble of calling in her case as one of neglect probably saved her life.

"Then the fact that she was microchipped made us realise she had probably come from a very different home and background to the one we found her in.

"And then, most remarkably, that we were able to track down her original owners, nine years later and even though their contact details recorded on the microchip information were hopelessly out of date."

Muffy will be flown home to Brisbane VIP-style next week to be reunited with the girl who never forgot her.

Mum Natalie Lampard said Chloe, who shared her bed with Muffy for three years, still talked about the missing pooch right up until the RSPCA called. Now Chloe can tell Muffy herself how much she missed her.

The fluffy white bitser is known to have been kept in a filthy backyard for the past two years.
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truly amazing !

/going to get a micro chip for my dog now !
 
Is there anywhere in SA that we can have this done? Or do the vets usually do it?

We're taking delivery of our puppy tomorrow and the gf has already grown attached to him so this would be brilliant.
 
Smooth Criminal said:
Is there anywhere in SA that we can have this done? Or do the vets usually do it?

We're taking delivery of our puppy tomorrow and the gf has already grown attached to him so this would be brilliant.
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YOU just ask your vet my cats are all chipped.
 
McSack said:
Why?
Cats never get lost ... they choose to go missing ;)
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:D I know!! But i choose to find them bring them home and lock them inside forever and ever!! mwhahahahahahaha!!!:D

I just want to know that if the SPCA picks them up that i can safe them from being put to sleep. PTA SPCA where i put the chip in had the scanner and they scan every animal that goes through their doors. It saves them money in the long run. If this was law in our country ( for pets to have a chip) abuse could also be cut down.
 
Smooth Criminal said:
Is there anywhere in SA that we can have this done? Or do the vets usually do it?

We're taking delivery of our puppy tomorrow and the gf has already grown attached to him so this would be brilliant.
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The SPCA will do it for a nominal fee.
 
Mila said:
If this was law in our country ( for pets to have a chip) abuse could also be cut down.
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Agree wholeheartedly. All animals that we rescue and rehome are chipped and sterilized.

As for it becoming law, that is still a long way off as we are having to deal with beaurocratic processes as it is with the changes to the current APA and the draft changes themselves are going to be just as ineffectual.

Where change could be made is in each muni's by-laws. Already they are starting to draft new by-laws pertaining to animals and municipalities such as Cape Town are really trying to make a difference here and have some really good sections (although there are a few areas of concern we are raising).

Thye only way to make a difference is to get involved in the processes.
 
RVFmal said:
Agree wholeheartedly. All animals that we rescue and rehome are chipped and sterilized.

As for it becoming law, that is still a long way off as we are having to deal with beaurocratic processes as it is with the changes to the current APA and the draft changes themselves are going to be just as ineffectual.

Where change could be made is in each muni's by-laws. Already they are starting to draft new by-laws pertaining to animals and municipalities such as Cape Town are really trying to make a difference here and have some really good sections (although there are a few areas of concern we are raising).

Thye only way to make a difference is to get involved in the processes.
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This is very good news!! Good to know there are people fighting the good fight!
 
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