The incredible journey
A Canadian dog who went missing a year ago has been found on the other side of the continent, about 2,800 miles from home. Pollux, 9, a black Labrador, disappeared from her Montreal home in June 2010, and was found this week in British Columbia, drinking from a river. An animal shelter identified Pollux by means of an implanted microchip. “Oh my god. Are you kidding me?” said owner Isabelle Robitaille when she heard the news. As to how Pollux got so far, one shelter official said, “I guess only she knows.”
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