Bruno right after he was found and reunited with his family (Photo: Devin Muñoz)
Remember Bruno, the adorable Shar Pei puppy that was lost for almost two weeks before it was found yesterday, right where he was last seen in Repulse Bay?
The story gets better! Michael and Sarah Jack, the English-Kiwi sister and brother duo that reunited Bruno with his family, will be donating the HKD30,000 reward they received from the dog’s owners to three local animal welfare charities.
The pair, who are in their 20s and grew up in Hong Kong, haven’t decided which ones yet, but this sounds like a win-win-win situation for all involved!
Here’s the full story of how they found Bruno, in Michael’s words:
“Coming home from walking our dog – Charlie – took him to his usual toilet spot [in Repulse Bay]. He normally goes off by himself into the bush but this time we could see him stop on the path and bark and squeak, so we went to go see what was happening. By the time we had arrived we could just see a small dog taking shelter in the bushes below, it had a collar and was very scared.
We took Charlie home and picked some dog food, can of tuna and water and went back down to the spot where we could see the dog hiding under some sewage pipes. We started throwing him some food and tried to reassure the little fella. This went on for a while until a large rainstorm interrupted things. We could see the dog was safe and out of the rain so we left the food and drink in a nearby sheltered spot and planned to come back.
After messaging our friend who’s mum owns and runs the Sai Kung Stray Friends animals shelter she informed us that the dog might be Bruno. We checked the pictures she forwarded from your website [Coconuts Hong Kong] and it was a match. We called the owner to let her know, and after the rain we went back to the spot with some more food to try to coax Bruno out from his hiding spot. The owner soon arrived and she was able to encourage Bruno out from hiding, where we managed to leash him and a very happy owner and small Bruno were reunited. It was great sight to witness – both were very relieved to see each other. Bruno was in very good spirits and despite being skinny, scruffy and scared he was incredibly excited to be back with his owner.
As for the reward bounty, we will be donating the sum to three local animal and dog rescue charities that do tireless and amazing work rescuing and homing dogs everyday. We are really happy to have helped out. Our rescue dog is such an important member of the family and know how much they can mean to loving owners.”
Who’s cutting onions in here?
