Rodney Murray reunited with CatDog, who was inside the van when it was taken.
A Northland guy has actually been reunited with his precious dog after it was taken with his van from Whangārei.
But his relief has actually been moistened since his van is now unusable and all his work tools required for a brand-new task have actually been taken from the vehicle.
Rodney Murray was getting some water for his dog, called CatDog (after the American animated tv of the late 1990s/early 2000s), at the visitor info centre at Tarewa Park about 3.30pm on Saturday. But when he returned his van had actually been taken, with his precious CatDog still within, and he chased it down the roadway prior to needing to view it vanish into the range.
Murray had just just recently transferred to Tāupo to use up a brand-new task and was back in Northland to get some equipment prior to returning south.
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The theft was reported to authorities and triggered a frenzied social networks look for the van and dog, with individuals from throughout Northland watching out for it, with a friend of Murray’s – Brittany – guaranteeing news of the theft was on as numerous online websites as possible.
One individual saw the van heading north on Saturday and Brittany said the individual who took it established a phony Facebook account to call her to state he was sorry for the theft which he’d left the van at Waiomio, about 47km north of where it was pinched.
She said individuals went directly to the area where the burglar had actually left it, however by that time it had actually been taken once again.
So, Brittany said, her post was upgraded with this latest info and on Monday the call came through that CatDog had actually been discovered by a kid at Maromaku – 42km north of Whangārei.
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‘’So around 2.40pm today the call came through that he had actually been discovered and about thirty minutes later on Rod was reunited with CatDog,’’ she said.
Murray was pleased to get his precious dog – “a very good family dog” – back and thanked the general public for their help in discovering the animal.
‘’He was so delighted to get his dog back and actually grateful for the help in discovering him,’’ she said.
But his relief was tempered by the reality all his tools and other equipment in the van had actually been taken and the van itself was left not able to be driven.
‘’He’s gutted by that. He’d just done 3 days on his brand-new task and after that this took place. He’s called his manager and the good news is the task is still available to him, however his method to return to his brand-new task has actually been removed from him,’’ she said.
‘’But a minimum of he got his dog back, and he’s so relieved and happy about that.’’
She has actually established a Givealittle page, https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-rodney-replace-his-destroyed-van-and-tools to help get Murray a replacement van and tools so he can get to work.
