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Dog Found: 1,200 Miles Away, 9 Years Later

SYDNEY - Nine years after vanishing from outside her Australian family’s home, Muffy the dog was found alive and well this month in another backyard — 1,200 miles away — officials said Thursday.

Inspectors with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were investigating a possible animal cruelty case at a home in the southern city of Melbourne two weeks ago when they found the fluffy white mutt sleeping outside on a scrap of cardboard, Victoria state RSPCA spokesman Tim Pilgrim said.

A microchip in Muffy’s neck identified her owners, and, after a few days of searching for a current phone number, officials tracked down Natalie Lampard, who hadn’t seen Muffy since the pooch disappeared from her backyard in the eastern city of Brisbane nine years ago.

Yet another amazing “Dog Found” story!  I love these. Maybe someday somebody will invent a way to include a GPS signal within these microchips so that the owner can be told where they are at any given time?

Personally, I think this would be a good idea to do to children as well, till they reach the age of 18, and then they can have it removed if they so desired. It would help find lost or stolen children.