GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A new program at the Kent County Animal Shelter is working to save more dogs from being put down, using Facebook to place them in good homes.
It's already working. A man who lost his dog on the other side of the state was able to find her though one of the posts.
"I wish she could talk so she could tell us what happened," owner Arthur Watson said. "Me, my mom, my dad, we are just sitting here going, 'How?'"
Watson lives in Yale in the Thumb region with his husky Princess. She got lost in March when some unexpected storms rolled through the area.
"I was trying to bring her back in the house. Well, the storm kind of rolled in kind of fast on us and she slipped her collar and bolted cause she got scared," Watson told 24 Hour News 8 in a Thursday interview via video chat.
Watson looked and looked for her without success. He tried getting help online, but heard nothing for months.
Six months later and more than 170 miles away, Princess was found running around downtown Grand Rapids.