{"id":148940,"date":"2022-01-05T11:59:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T11:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=148940"},"modified":"2022-01-05T11:59:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T11:59:14","slug":"dog-stolen-while-out-for-a-walk-reunited-with-owner-more-than-a-year-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/dog-stolen-while-out-for-a-walk-reunited-with-owner-more-than-a-year-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog stolen while out for a walk reunited with owner more than a year later"},"content":{"rendered":"

A dog stolen while being taken for a walk has been returned to its owner a staggering 16 months later.<\/p>\n

Jack Russell Lucky was taken by dognappers during a walk in August, 2020.<\/p>\n

She was snatched from the hands of owner Chris Joyce while out in the Ealing are of West London, the Manchester Evening News reports.<\/p>\n

However, she was spotted wandering the streets and was picked up by a local dog warden in Hounslow, and taken to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in south-west London.<\/p>\n

Thanks to a microchip Lucky was returned \u201cback where she belonged\u201d, the charity said.<\/p>\n

Owner Chris said: \u201cHearing that Lucky had been found and was safe and unharmed was such an emotional experience.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith her being missing for so long I never thought I\u2019d see her again, so to have her back with me is amazing. I\u2019m forever grateful to Battersea for being able to reunite us.<\/p>\n

Last year, Battersea's Lost Dogs & Cats Line received around 3,000 reports by November of missing pets since the start of the year – up from just 1,902 for the whole of 2020.<\/p>\n