A rescue dog that escaped her travel crate and got lost shortly after arriving at Newark Liberty Airport has been found.
Sukie, a Labrador retriever mix, is safe with her foster caretaker Magie Lugo in Garfield, New Jersey. "She's doing all right, she's just a little skinny," Lugo said. "A little skin and bones right now but that's nothing we can't fix."
The dog has been on a remarkable journey. Her former owner Michael Compton rescued her in Puerto Rico. "They were going to take them out and throw them away out just like trash," Compton said. "I got a box, came back said, 'Don't you touch these dogs — they're mine."On Sept. 15, Sukie was put on a flight to Newark to be placed in a new home. Shortly after the plane landed, she escaped.Tierney is a professional pet tracker. He set up a cage near the airport equipped with cameras. He tried to lure Sukie out of hiding by putting food in the trap.
"What I wound up doing is using six cameras, placing them in different locations, seeing if I can get her to come across and we did get a sighting from one of the Port Authority Police Department," Tierney said. "They called and said there was this one area that she was in, so I placed a camera there for an entire week.
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