After an extended journey exploring the wooded areas close to Kingston, Twin the Retriever is secure and sound after 17 days on the run.
The Kingston Humane Society (KHS) says the two-year-old poosh was discovered after getting into a camera-monitored stay lure at round 3 a.m. on Nov. 30 close to the Edith Rankin Memorial Church in Kingston’s west-end. Twin was then taken to the home of a foster volunteer earlier than returning to the shelter.
The canine had been misplaced within the woods close to Collins Bay and Amherstview since Nov. 13. Since his escape, KHS workers have been involved about discovering Twin and have been at instances unsure whether or not he would return in any respect.
“We were getting regular updates from the team overseeing the attempts to recapture Twin,” mentioned Gord Hunter, govt director of the Kingston Humane Society in a information launch.
“But after we would see social media posts by members of the general public indicating he may need been bleeding or hit by a automobile, our issues have been clearly intensified.”
KHS says the secure return of Twin wouldn’t have been doable with out Quinte West Lost Paws. For a lot of the 17 days, the organization organized and a big, dedicated group of volunteers to trace Twin’s travels.
“In most misplaced canine conditions, as soon as the canine’s location has been triangulated, seize turns into a matter of time and persistence. Not so with Twin,” mentioned Rhonda Guthrie-Taft of Quinte West Lost Paws.
“He would present up after which he would disappear, present up, then disappear once more,” she recalled.
“In my expertise, when you find a misplaced canine, you possibly can just about set your watch by the best way they strategy free meals however Twin didn’t do this. It’s most likely one of the vital tough circumstances my crew has ever encountered.”
Twin, who’s certainly one of 5 grownup dogs that got here to KHS on account of a Provincial Animal Welfare investigation, will now get to calm down on the shelter earlier than returning to care in his foster home.
The humane society says the pup’s well being is sound and his socialization is progressing. They say he could also be available for adoption within the close to future.
