ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Nebraska trucker returns lost bull mastiff to Arizona

LINCOLN, Neb.

A dog-loving Nebraska trucker has taken a lost 95-pound bull mastiff on a 1,380-mile trip back to her owners in Arizona.

The Lincoln Journal Star reported Dani and Jason Windham were getting ready for their Aug. 4 wedding in Nebraska when their three dogs knocked down a fence and ran. Animal control found the other two, but not Koda. Seven days later, the Windhams moved to Camp Verde, Ariz. Last week, Koda was found after a farmer reported a dog chasing his cattle about 40 miles away from where she disappeared.

The Windhams couldn’t afford to fly her back, so a lost-pets group in Nebraska put out a call for help. Truck driver Jimmy Dimmit answered. Koda got to ride in the front seat during the 24-hour drive. She was reunited with her happy owners last week.

Escaped bobcat is recaptured

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J.

A pet bobcat has been recaptured after its latest escape from its owner’s New Jersey home.

Stafford Township Police Capt. Tom Dellane says Rocky was found around 7:15 a.m. Oct. 22, a day after fleeing from Ginny Fine’s home in Stafford Township. The 38-pound bobcat was caught nearby in a humane trap after eluding animal control officials Oct. 21 by running into a wooded area. The wayward pet has been taken to a nearby zoo.

Rocky has been the subject of an ongoing legal fight between Fine and town officials because of its repeated escapes. Fine was cited for allowing Rocky to run at large and is due in municipal court Dec. 5.

Fine has said Rocky is a hybrid of a bobcat and Maine coon cat.

Associated Press