A story the Times ran late last year on George, the beloved local pooch found alive after going missing for nine weeks, was featured in the NZ Herald over the Christmas holidays.
George is a three-year-old dog owned by east Auckland resident Delaney Ferabend.
He escaped from her Botany workplace on August 30 and vanished after crossing busy Ti Rakau Drive.
The weeks turned into months as Delaney and her family and friends searched for him.
“It was terrifying,” she told the Times.
“We tried everything and as soon as someone said they thought they’d seen him, we were out there looking.”
George was eventually found when he turned up at an East Tamaki Heights home after being spooked by fireworks and was reunited with his overwhelmed owner.
Award-winning NZ Herald reporter Steve Braunias included the story of George’s adventure in his column on the 20 best things in Auckland, published in the paper on December 24.
Braunias named George “best dog” and called his adventure “the year’s most cheering story”.
Click here to read the Times‘ story on George’s disappearance.
