The Hendrys said they were shocked to hear the news that their beloved dog Jasper was not only alive but discovered some 400 miles away in Houston after being gone for nearly a decade.
HOUSTON (PRNewswire) — Jasper, a 12-year-old Australian shepherd mix, is finally home after he went missing from the Hendry family home eight years ago in Monroe, Louisiana.
The Hendrys said they were shocked to hear the news that their beloved dog Jasper was not only alive but discovered some 400 miles away in Houston after being gone for nearly a decade.
During those eight years, Jasper was taken care of by another family who eventually moved to Houston and brought him to the Houston SPCA over the weekend.
The Houston SPCA scanned Jasper for a microchip as part of their admissions process and immediately contacted the Hendrys after garnering their contact information.
“We thought he was dead until we got a phone call from the Houston SPCA saying they had Jasper in their care,” said Tiffany Hendry. “It’s so great there is a place where animals can be taken in and have their microchip scanned.”
The Hendry family said now that Jasper is home again, he will spend his days enjoying their 50-acre ranch with a host of other pets and farm animals.
The Houston SPCA wants this amazing reunion to showcase the effectiveness of microchipping pets and serve as an important reminder for pets to wear collars with updated tags as well.
About Houston SPCA
The new Campus For All Animals is a place where tens of thousands of neglected, orphaned and abuse animals come into the care of the Houston SPCA each year including companion animals, small mammals, horses and farm animals, native wild life and even exotics like bears and tigers. The Houston SPCA is the only animal protection and rescue organization in the country that serves the broadest range of animal species, types of abuse and injury, and magnitude of large-scale, multiple-animal cases all on one campus.
The Houston SPCA is a private, non-profit charity, operating on 100 percent donations and receives no funding from the government, United Way or any local or national animal protection organization.