Woman and pet reunited after two years

The owner of an American pit bull terrier has been reunited with her pet – missing for more than two years – after dog control officers found it had been microchipped twice.

The dog disappeared at eight months old from outside a Wellington address in May 2007 after it wandered out a communal gate that was left open.

The dog was found wandering in Kapiti recently and picked up by dog control officers and taken to the pound. An officer there realised it had been microchipped twice and was able to reunite the pet with its original owner. MORE>>