A dog was reunited with her owners in California following being missing for 12 years.
Zoey was thrown out of a vehicle on a property near Stockton and found by someone who called the police, saying she looked old and sick.
An official from the animal services office scanned the dog’s microchip and found that it had disappeared in 2010.
“I definitely didn’t expect this to happen, so I’m really excited,” said Zoey’s owner, Michelle.
Zoey had been missing for so many years that the microchip company had reported her dead in 2015, according to the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office.
Officer Brandon Levin, who scanned Zoey, got the contact details of the owner of the company that makes the microchips and found that she still had the same cell phone number.
Officer Levin said Michelle was in “complete shock.”
The dog was found regarding 60 miles from where she had disappeared in 2010, her family’s home in Lafayette.
“We picked her and her twin sister up from the kennel when they were six months old, she’s been with us since she was six months old,” Michelle said.
“We went to the store for regarding 20 minutes and came back, and it was gone. I’m so excited to bring her back home, get her healthy and let her live the rest of her life.”
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