Snickers the Shipwrecked Dog is Finally Rescued
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At only a few months old, Snickers the cocker spaniel was abandoned on a 48-foot boat and survived for four months on a tiny Pacific atoll when his owners had to leave him behind when they were rescued by a cargo vessel that wouldn’t allow the dog on board.
Snickers was finally rescued this past week and taken to the Humane Society in Honolulu:
His original owners had to abandon Snickers and their macaw, Gulliver, on Fanning Island, a populated atoll about 1,000 miles south of Hawaii, after drifting at sea on their boat for three months.
“They were able to catch a supply ship and make their way back home to California, but the ship wouldn’t allow Snickers to join them,” said Gina Baurile, from the Hawaiian Humane Society.
Jack Joslin, a resident of Las Vegas, read about Snickers’ story in a boating journal and called the Hawaiian Humane Society to find out how he could rescue the pets.
Norwegian Cruise Line offered to pick up Snickers, and Hawaiian Airlines volunteered to fly him to the mainland for free. Paperwork problems prevented Joslin from bringing back Gulliver too, though a plan is underway to bring the macaw to Christmas Island and eventually to Los Angeles.
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1 opinion for Snickers the Shipwrecked Dog is Finally Rescued
gloria
Jun 13, 2008 at 8:52 pm
that is so sad what happend to that cute dog I’m glad they rescued her at last
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