CASTAWAY: Missing Dog Scared By Fireworks Found After It Swam To Remote Island Four Months Ago

Cassia Oliveira, 38, next to her mother, Antonia Maria Santos, 59, with Mel, a dog was rescued after four months trapped in the Maricas Islands, Brazil, when it ran away scared by News Years Eve fireworks. Note: Photo from a press statment. (Prefeitura Municipal de Marica/Newsflash) Cassia Oliveira, 38, next to her mother, Antonia Maria Santos, 59, with Mel, a dog was rescued after four months trapped in the Maricas Islands, Brazil, when it ran away scared by News Years Eve fireworks. Note: Photo from a press statment. (Prefeitura Municipal de Marica/Newsflash)
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10 May 2022
A pet dog who disappeared after being frightened by New Year's Eve fireworks has been found by a fisherman after she apparently jumped in the water and carried on swimming until she reached a remote island almost three miles away. Mel the pooch fled from her home, where she had been left...