Cape Town - A husky-cross from Surrey Estate has made a miraculous return home after his family searched for him for two years.
The beloved animal known as Frost returned home after he found his way to the Cape of Good Hope SPCA last week. The animal organisation said Frost was owned by resident Hidaaya Tape, who explained the dog went missing during a robbery.
“For two years, the Tape family lived with a heavy heart, haunted not just by a robbery that took their belongings but also something irreplaceable – their beloved husky-cross, Frost. Of all the things they lost, Frost left a void the family couldn’t fill.
“Despite their tireless efforts to locate him, their search led nowhere.
“Even after moving from South Africa to the United States, Hidaaya never stopped worrying about him and hoped that because Frost was microchipped they would one day be reunited.”
As Tape was preparing for his trip back to South Africa, his beloved dog made his way to the SPCA.
As the animal had been fitted with a microchip, the team was able to track the owners. The owner said as he stepped off the plane after landing in Cape Town recently, he received the call from the SPCA.
In an interview, he said the dog went missing from a farm in Philippi.
“My dog Frost was stolen from me from a farm in Philippi and even though we had many things stolen, the thing that hurt the most was the fact that somebody took my dog.
“And I came back to South Africa to find out that he had been found.”
Tape said he was blown away by the call from the SPCA as he had given up hope. “It is so important to get your animals chipped. Never had I imagined he would have been found and I am so happy to be reunited with him.
“When he got stolen we walked around the Philippi area looking for him and nobody could give us any information. We felt he had been stolen and put in a dog-fighting ring.
“Time went by and I moved out of South Africa and moved to the States and I remember telling my business partner we hope that he is okay.”