WAPT Viewer Finds Missing Dog
POSTED: 9:27 am CDT September 21, 2011
JACKSON, Miss. -- A dog that was inside a pickup truck when it was stolen was reunited with his owners Tuesday night.
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Bill Buffington's green Ford F250 was stolen Tuesday afternoon from Walker's Drive-In on North State Street. Buffington went inside the restaurant and left Simpson, his 14-year-old Walker-beagle mix, in the back seat of the locked and still running truck. Simpson suffers from kidney disease and requires IV fluids daily.
"We want our dog back desperately," Buffington's fiancée, Tracy Rice told 16 WAPT News on Tuesday. "He can have the truck. Please find a way to get our dog back to us."
A woman spotted Simpson Tuesday near the Fairview Inn and brought him in to feed him, Rice said. She saw how sick he was and took him to her vet. After watching the story about Simpson on 16 WAPT News, she contacted Buffington and Rice and they picked up the dog from the vet late Tuesday night.
"He heard us talking with the vet. He just started howling. He knew it was us when we walked in the front door," Buffington said. "He was in the kennel in the back of the building and he was howling and very happy to see us. I think he knew he'd been in trouble."
Buffington's said his truck has still not been recovered, but he's thankful to have Simpson home.
Source: http://www.wapt.com/news/29254345/detail.html
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