Hawk Flies Off With Family's Pet At Doggie Day Care
3-Pound Papillon Dog Remains Missing
POSTED: Thursday, March 27, 2008
UPDATED: 9:36 am EDT March 27,
2008
OVIEDO, Fla. -- A family's 3-pound Papillon dog was snatched, carried off by a large hawk after it was let outside at a doggie day care business, according to a manager.
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The Gusler family recently dropped off their pet dog, May, at the Pet Lodge on Tuskawilla Road in Oviedo before they went on vacation.The manager at the Pet Lodge said the dog was left in a fenced back yard for only a couple of minutes by a dog walker.When the dog walker returned, May was gone.The employees at the business said with high fences, no holes in the yard and no outside access, there is only one explanation -- one of the hawks in the area carried the dog off."I don't doubt it because we are in Florida," the dog's owner, Deanne Gusler, said. "But in my opinion, if they know there is a chance a hawk will swoop down and get my dog, they need to be down there watching her."The owner of the Pet Lodge said he plans put mesh wire across the top of the back yard fences to protect the dogs from large birds.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
IMAGES: Dog Carried Away By Hawk The Gusler family recently dropped off their pet dog, May, at the Pet Lodge on Tuskawilla Road in Oviedo before they went on vacation.The manager at the Pet Lodge said the dog was left in a fenced back yard for only a couple of minutes by a dog walker.When the dog walker returned, May was gone.The employees at the business said with high fences, no holes in the yard and no outside access, there is only one explanation -- one of the hawks in the area carried the dog off."I don't doubt it because we are in Florida," the dog's owner, Deanne Gusler, said. "But in my opinion, if they know there is a chance a hawk will swoop down and get my dog, they need to be down there watching her."The owner of the Pet Lodge said he plans put mesh wire across the top of the back yard fences to protect the dogs from large birds.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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