The frigid four-day search for a lost dog who wandered many miles across Bloomington, Illinois found its happy ending Thursday night – and the dog got a warm bath and some chicken nuggets. WGLTNews
Bella, a Bernese Mountain Dog, escaped from her new foster home in Bloomington on Sunday night. There were Bella sightings – like Bigfoot – throughout the week as informal search parties looked for her and shared her story on social media. She was spotted Tuesday in rural McLean, about 15 miles southwest of Bloomington-Normal. But she kept evading capture by a friendly rescue team, who set traps for her Wednesday – and ended up catching all sorts of dogs who weren’t Bella.
Hert and the other searchers got scared too, as a winter storm arrived Thursday with Bella still on the run. Wind chills are expected to dip to near 40 below zero overnight. That could be fatal.Bella, the missing Bernese Mountain Dog, after her warm bath and chicken nuggets on Thursday night. “There’s no question. When there’s a dog in need, you just go,” said Karry Rich, a Bella search crew leader from Atlanta, Ill., who works for Pet Central Helps, a Bloomington-based rescue.
“She had icicles on her face. She just looked frozen. She’s exhausted. She’s been running since Sunday in this weather, which was just getting colder and colder,” Hert said. “I’m glad she’s safe, because we would’ve worried about her all night, as cold as it is.”
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