Russ escaped while his owner was being evacuated from Tahoe during a deadly wildfire and was found just weeks ago in the mountain snow.
Russ, a pitbull/terrier mix, has finally been reunited with his owner after he went missing in August during the Caldor Fire.
His owner had been working a temporary job in the Lake Tahoe, California, area when the deadly fire threatened.FOX Weather spoke with Wendy Jones, an animal search and rescue specialist and the founder of Tahoe PAWS, whose group was called in for the rescue.Russ jumped out of the car when the area was being evacuated as the massive Caldor Fire neared.
Two volunteers from Tahoe PAWS and TLC 4 Furry Friends put on snowshoes and went looking for the dog.RECORD DECEMBER SNOWFALL REPORTED AT CENTRAL SIERRA SNOW LAB "They were able to snowshoe in and finally were able to find the tracks and locate the missing dog," Jones said. "They weren't sure if he was alive or not at first because he was still curled up the ball and it was really cold and dark. And then he lifted his head and opened his eyes. And that's when it was just like such amazing relief."Jones said the team was able to get him onto a sled and held him in their lap.
"So Animal Services transferred him to another animal services off the hill," Jones said. "He was very happy to see his owner. He had been waiting for his owner, we knew that, it was very obvious. And so Dec. 26, they were reunited and it was an ecstatic reunion from what I understand."
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