Man reunited with dog years after it was stolen in Daytona Beach

BEEN STOLEN. AND NOW, HE’S GOT HER BACK. WESH 2’S AMANDA OBER HAS THE STORY OF THEIR EMOTIONAL REUNION. AMANDA: ZOE IS ONE CUTE DOG HER OWNER, VALENCIA COLLEGE PROFESSOR PATRICK BARTEE, ADOPTED ZOE AFTER ONE OF HIS STUDENTS RESCUED THE STRAY. BARTEE’S HEART WAS BROKEN TWO YEARS AGO WHEN HE LOST HER BARTEE HAD LEFT ZOE IN THE CARE OF HIS ELDERLY PARENTS, AND ON A TRIP TO A DAYTONA WALMART, SHE GOT AWAY FROM THEM AND DISAPPEARED. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVED ZOE WAS LIKELY TAKEN BY SOMEONE. >> I GRIEVED A LOT, BECAUSE IT WAS COMING HOME TO NOTHING. IT WAS LIKE SHE’S MY LIFE. AMANDA BARTEE IS A THROAT CANCER : SURVIVOR AND SAYS ZOE HELPED HIM THROUGH SOME TOUGH TIMES. HE SEARCHED FOR HER FOR A FULL YEAR, AND FINALLY, THIS PAST WEEKEND, HE GOT A CALL FROM THE SOUTHEAST VOLUSIA HUMANE SOCIETY. THEY SAID A DOG BROUGHT TO THE FOLLOWING AN APARTMENT EVICTION A NEW SMYRNA A MICROCHIP AND WHEN THEY SCANNED IT, THE CONTACT INFORMATION WAS BARTEE’S. THE DOG WAS ZOE. AT THEIR EMOTIONAL REUNION ZOE JUMPED INTO BARTEE’S ARMS. >> SHE KNEW EXACTLY, SHE HAD NOT FORGOTTEN. AMANDA ZOE IS NOW HAPPILY : SETTLED IN AT HER OLD HOME. AS FAR AS WHAT ZOE’S LIFE HAS BEEN LIKE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, PATRICK DOESN’T REALLY KNOW. ACCORDING TO THE HUMANE SOCIETY, THE FAMILY THAT MOST RECENTLY HAD HER CLAIMS THEY BOUGHT HER FOR $600, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS. PATRICK SAYS WHILE ZOE’S HAIR WAS MATTED AND HAD TO BE SHAVED, SHE SHOWS NO SIGNS OF NEGLECT. >> IT MEANS A LOT TO HAVE HER BACK, SHE BRINGS LIFE TO THE HO

An Orlando man has been reunited with his dog two years after it was stolen. The dog, Zoe, was found recently in a New Smyrna Beach apartment from which the renters were being evicted. Animal control officers brought Zoe to the Southeast Volusia Humane Society, cleaned her up and scanned her for a microchip. The chip company told the humane society that the dog’s owner lives in Orlando and had reported the dog missing. When the dog owner, Patrick, arrived to pick Zoe up, he explained that the dog had been missing for two years. The dog owner said his parents were dog-sitting while he was out of town. Zoe got away from them at the Walmart in Daytona Beach and security footage showed the dog being snatched up and driven away. The humane society said it appears the dog was eventually sold to somebody in New Smyrna Beach and when that person was evicted the dog was found.

ORLANDO, Fla. —

An Orlando man has been reunited with his dog two years after it was stolen.

The dog, Zoe, was found recently in a New Smyrna Beach apartment from which the renters were being evicted. Animal control officers brought Zoe to the Southeast Volusia Humane Society, cleaned her up and scanned her for a microchip.

The chip company told the humane society that the dog’s owner lives in Orlando and had reported the dog missing.

When the dog owner, Patrick, arrived to pick Zoe up, he explained that the dog had been missing for two years.

The dog owner said his parents were dog-sitting while he was out of town. Zoe got away from them at the Walmart in Daytona Beach and security footage showed the dog being snatched up and driven away.

The humane society said it appears the dog was eventually sold to somebody in New Smyrna Beach and when that person was evicted the dog was found.

Man reunited with dog years after it was stolen in Daytona Beach

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