Michigan, USA

A dog named Mishka vanished in the summer of 2023 in San Diego, California and never returned to her owners. Now, eight months later, she has been discovered in Detroit, Michigan, some 2,000 miles away, leaving her owners startled and enthralled.

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As per media reports, police last week picked her up from Harper Woods after receiving information about a stray dog. The police handed over the terrier mix to an animal welfare group, which revealed upon identifying her implanted chip that she belonged to the family of Mehrad Houman.

Houman and family were planning to go to Minnesota when the call about Mishka came in. He landed there and drove 10 hours to Michigan, ahead of a heartwarming reunion.

“This is a tale that Hollywood would love to tell,” the animal welfare group ‘Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society’ wrote on its Facebook page.

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The group has also posted videos and photos on its page.

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Mishka had vanished from Houman’s auto garage in July, prompting him to believe she had been stolen. Her collar had Houman family’s contact number.

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“We think it was stolen and then it was sold and ended up in Michigan,” said Corinne Martin, director of the animal welfare group.

Houman’s wife, Elizabeth, said it’s “been an incredible journey.”

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“I never gave up,” she said Thursday. “I put up over a thousand flyers. I had a flyer on my back windshield. I wore her leash whenever I would look for her. ... Now I just want to find out how she got to Michigan.”

Before clearing Mishka for travelling, a veterinarian gave her a rabies shot and labelled her safe.

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“She was clean, well-fed. Whoever had her took good care of her,” the veterinarian told the news agency The Associated Press. “How she got here — that’s a story only Mishka knows.”

A similar story emerged in December when a missing dog was found alive after more than six years of living wild in the woods.

(With inputs from agencies)