Apollo spent two weeks on the run as members of the community posted sightings online to help his owners track his 150-kilometre journey, during which time the young Maremma survived being hit by a car travelling 110kph.
Owner Cathy Hill, Vicky Lucas, Evelyn McLeod and Joanne Abbott reunite with Apollo.abc.net.au/news/apollo-lost-between-margaret-river-and-perth-found-by-owners/102272830A four-and-a-half year old Maremma sheepdog has captured the attention of hundreds of people in WA's South West region after going missing for two weeks.He ended up journeying about 150 kilometres alone, with a social media campaign filled with community sightings helping his desperate owner follow his trail.
Friend and neighbour Vicky Lucas answered Mrs McLeod's call for help and joined the search party, camping out together in farming paddocks. "We'd be camping, set up the food traps and then he would move again and would be sighted 10-20 kilometres somewhere else," Ms Hill said.People started sending detailed maps and photos online with arrows showing the direction they had seen Apollo travelling — community support Ms Hill said blew her away.Busselton local Joanne Abbott heard about the search and became the unofficial coordinator of the online activity.
Ms Hill and Ms Lucas began camping on a nearby farming property after the accident, and days went by with no further sightings.Exactly two weeks after Apollo ran away, the pair were about to give up when Ms Lucas spotted some hair caught in barbed wire, and footprints."So we got up in the morning and I'm cooking up bacon and eggs and thinking, 'He hasn't come now, he's not here, he's probably dead'.
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