August 9, 2003
SCORE ONE FOR 2 MID-WEST DOGS
Today is "Micro-Chip Your Pet Day" here in Indianapolis, and Anna Cox of Martinsville couldn't be happier. Earlier this week Cox's 6-year-old Lhasa Apso, Tuffy, showed up on the south side of Indianapolis, some three years after disappearing from his Martinsville backyard without a trace. "It's a miracle," Sherry Baumann told the Indianapolis Star newspaper, on finding Tuffy strolling along South Meridian Street this past Wednesday. "He looked happy. His tail was up; his head was up. He didn't know where he was going, but he was excited going there."
Baumann took Tuffy to Indianapolis Animal Care and Control, where he was quickly identified by a microchip the size of a grain of rice that was embedded under his skin back in the late 1990's. A few phone calls later and Tuffy was reunited with Cox.
In another happy ending dog story, a one-and-a-half year old Besinji mix named Cain, who was slated to be euthanized in St. Louis this past Tuesday, beat the odds by standing up, wagging his tail, and walking out of the gas chamber where he was sentenced to die. According to a local newspaper account, Cain and seven other dogs were tranquilized and loaded into the chamber. Then, following procedure, 97 percent pure carbon monoxide was pumped into the airtight box for 15 minutes. The next 10 minutes were used to flush out the poisonous gas and replace it with oxygen. Upon opening the chamber door, Animal Control workers were stunned to see Cain staring back at them. After that experience, Cain was spared, and is now available for adoption thru Stray Rescue, a St. Louis-based no-kill shelter.
DOGS RULE !!
Posted by Mikal at August 9, 2003 8:09 AM
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