On the night of the USA’s 250th birthday, last July 4, a family lost their pet, a small dog with black, curly hair, whose name has not been released. After searching for him in the surrounding areas and shelters in the Menlo Park area of San Francisco, they gave the animal up for lost. But almost two weeks later, the East Palo Grande police department gave them the best possible news: they had found their dog, who had lived an unimaginable odyssey.
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The animal wandered the area for almost two weeks until it was spotted by a neighbor walking in Cooley Landing Park. What caught the witness’s attention was that the dog had jumped into the waters of San Francisco Bay, with no apparent intention of returning, so he immediately called 911.
Officers arrived at the scene at 3:26 PM. Menlo Park firefighters used binoculars to locate the animal and determined its position with the help of a drone, according to a statement from the Menlo Park Fire Department. The dog had managed to get about 700 meters from the coast.
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The animal was in real trouble. Disoriented, it swam aimlessly while being attacked by seagulls, which had caused several injuries, one of them to its face. Menlo Park firefighters took to the bay waters aboard a hovercraft and rescued the animal, which was trembling, numb with cold and fear.
The dog was handed over to the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA, which was able to identify its owners and reunite them with their missing pet. Mike Stahl, battalion chief of the Menlo Park Fire District, expressed his joy at having participated in a story with “a very happy ending” for the dog. And he couldn’t help but add another comment: “My God, he’s adorable.”
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