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15-Year-Old Dog Survives Two Months in the Wild

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17 Oct 2012 11 views
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15-Year-Old Dog Survives Two Months in the Wild
After 3 1/2 days searching for his dog across the mountain trails in Santa Fe, N.M., camper Mike Stotts decided he had to accept what park rangers and fellow campers had been telling him: That no 15-year-old house dog with diminished hearing could survive that long without food or water among the coyotes and mid-August heat.

After 3 1/2 days searching for his dog across the mountain trails in Santa Fe, N.M., camper Mike Stotts decided he had to accept what park rangers and fellow campers had been telling him:

That no 15-year-old house dog with diminished hearing could survive that long without food or water among the coyotes and mid-August heat.

Still grieving 66 days after saying goodbye to the dog that went with him everywhere, Stotts received a shocking telephone call on Monday.

(WATCH the video below or READ the story from KXAN)

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