DETROIT — A canine lacking in California for the reason that summer season turned up greater than 2,000 miles away in suburban Detroit.
Police in Harper Woods responded to a name a few stray canine final week, picked up the terrier combine and contacted an animal welfare group.
The Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society mentioned it shortly found that the canine, named Mishka, had an identification chip implanted in her with details about her house owners.
Mehrad Houman and his household stay in San Diego however had been planning to journey to Minnesota when the decision got here in. He landed there after which drove 10 hours to Michigan for a reunion with Mishka, the adoption group mentioned on a Facebook put up with photos and video.
Mehrad Houman holds his canine, Mishka, after she was examined by veterinarian Nancy Pillsbury in Harper Woods, Mich., Friday, March 29, 2024.
Corinne Martin by way of AP
“This is a story that Hollywood would love to inform,” the group mentioned.
Mishka had wandered away from Houman’s office, an auto storage, in July and by no means returned. Her collar had the household’s cellphone quantity.
“We assume it was stolen after which it was offered and ended up in Michigan,” mentioned Corinne Martin, director of the animal welfare group.
Houman’s spouse, Elizabeth, mentioned it is “been an unbelievable journey.”
“I by no means gave up,” she mentioned Thursday. “I put up over a thousand flyers. I had a flyer on my again windshield. I wore her leash each time I’d search for her. … Now I simply need to learn the way she bought to Michigan.”
Veterinarian Nancy Pillsbury examined 3-year-old Mishka, gave her a rabies shot and cleared her to journey home to California.
“She was clear, well-fed. Whoever had her took excellent care of her,” Pillsbury informed The Associated Press. “How she bought right here – that is a narrative solely Mishka is aware of.”
