Categories: PETS

Harley the ‘miracle dog’, missing for six days, reunites with owners after strangers spark social media search


In short:

A beagle that escaped from an Adelaide dog groomer almost a week ago has been found safe thanks to good Samaritans online.

Harley's owner says the dog ran from a business in Highgate and was spotted across various southern suburbs.

He was eventually caught in a creek at Hawthorn Monday night after venturing about 25 kilometres in less than two hours.

A widespread social media search has led to the discovery of a beagle who went missing for almost a week after escaping from a dog grooming business in Adelaide's south. 

Owner Casey Knight told ABC Radio Adelaide that her beloved pet named Harley was eventually found in a creek in Hawthorn on Monday night after the help of good Samaritans online.

“The power of social media it's just amazing,” Ms Knight said.

“He escaped from the groomers about six days ago now and everyone's been on high alert since trying to find him.”

Harley the beagle escaped from a dog grooming business south of Adelaide. (Supplied)

Ms Knight said dozens of strangers online helped to track him down by posting updates in various Facebook community pages, which were shared by hundreds of people.

Reported sightings of Harley spanned at least seven suburbs starting in Adelaide's south and stretching across the CBD through to the eastern suburbs.

“We had an incredible amount of sightings and almost a live tracking feed from everybody in Adelaide telling us where he was found,” she said. 

“His face was everywhere and we had beautiful people putting up flyers.

“We could not have got him home last night without the community's help.”

Ms Knight said Harley would have ran up to 25 kilometres in an hour and a half “at the speed of lightning”. 

“He had quite the adventure running all around Adelaide,” she said.

“He was seen first in Glenside running across Fullarton Road to Dulwich … then down into the city along South Terrace, then in Forestville, then in Goodwood at the tram station, Unley Park and then finally we got him in Hawthorn.”

Harley was eventually tracked down in a creek. (Supplied)

Ms Knight thanked the community for their help in tracking down Harley through a Facebook post, which has garnered more than 2,500 likes and hundreds of comments from strangers expressing their relief over his discovery. 

“I've been following Harley's story and like a lot of people have had very little sleep worrying about him with no idea where to start looking. The terror I felt when I was following his sightings last night at peak hour was real,” one user wrote. 

Ms Knight said she was “unbelievably happy” to be reunited with Harley — who was notorious for getting himself into trouble. 

“He is quite the miracle dog,” Ms Knight said. 

Ms Knight thanked the community online for their support in finding Harley. (Supplied)

“He unfortunately earlier this year had a tumble down a 30 metre cliff at my partner's beach shack … it was raining and he slipped and went 20 metres down but not a broken bone.

“He is amazing, I don't know what it is, he's more probably a cat than a dog.”



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