The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that an East Coast dog that went
missing in Ontario for nearly two
days after being placed on a
wrong flight has been found.
A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe says that the dog's owners say Cooper --
a golden Labradoodle -- was supposed
to be flown on a WestJet
flight from Halifax to Deer Lake,
Nfld., on Wednesday to stay with
family while they headed to
Jamaica for a wedding.
The dog was somehow
placed on a flight to Hamilton
instead and broke away at the
airport when an employee took it
outside for a bathroom break.
WestJet apologized for the mishap
and flew the dog's owners to
Hamilton on Thursday where
they joined a search for Cooper.
That search lasted more than 24
hours until the dog was spotted
Friday morning. The dog was wet,
dirty and hungry, but otherwise
healthy.
Searchers scoured the fields near
the Hamilton airport and had
help from two pet rescue groups,
Healing Hearts and the Dream
Team, that had joined the search
and helped set up traps with
food inside.
A spokesman for WestJet
said the airline has offered to pay
Cooper's vet bill and will work on
getting the dog and his owners
back home.
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