Jan 22, 2010
CARRARA, Italy, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A stolen German shepherd made it most of the way home to northern Italy before a veterinarian recognized a tattoo identifying his original owner.
Rocky, who was battered, thin and dirty after a two-month trek of almost 400 miles from Salerno near Naples to Pisa, got to travel the last few miles to Tuscany in comfort, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
Ibrahim Fwal, who adopted Rocky from the pound in Carrara five years ago, came to fetch him and drove him home on his motor scooter.
Fwal said Rocky disappeared three years ago during a family vacation in southern Italy, while Fwal and his children were swimming. Rocky was later either abandoned by his dognappers or escaped from them and was then taken in by a family in Salerno. But his new owners said Rocky persistently tried to escape, succeeding in November.
They heard nothing more for two months when they got a call from a man who found Rocky in Pisa, traveling north along the coast on blistered paws. That man took him to a vet to get his wounds treated, leading to the reunion with Fwal.
Dog and master had a joyful and emotional reunion with Rocky nearly knocking Mr Fwal down.
Source: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/01/22/Stolen-dog-reunited-with-ower-after-trek/UPI-22621264192450/
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