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Bulldog vanished a year ago in Colorado. Sweet reunion turned her into ‘a jumping bean’

A bulldog that disappeared over a year ago while playing in her Colorado yard has been reunited with family, according to an animal shelter.
A bulldog that disappeared over a year ago while playing in her Colorado yard has been reunited with family, according to an animal shelter. Screengrab from Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region's Facebook page

One moment Star the bulldog was playing in her Colorado yard.

The next, she was gone from her Thornton home, the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region said in a May 9 Facebook post.

“A year passed since Star had seen her family,” the shelter said.

Then, “at the end of April,” Star was found about 80 miles away from home in Colorado Springs, according to the shelter.

She was brought to the shelter which said it found her microchip and called her owners.

The shelter said the owners “wanted their shining Star back, so the couple drove down” to the shelter.

After the owners showed the shelter photos and videos of Star and “veterinary paperwork” from before she went missing, the shelter said it “had no doubt that this was Star’s family.”

When Star first saw “her long-lost parents,” she was a bit shy, the shelter said. However, “then it hit her.”

“She became a jumping bean and wouldn’t stop moving and grooving,” according to the shelter.

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This story was originally published May 10, 2023 at 11:08 AM with the headline "Bulldog vanished a year ago in Colorado. Sweet reunion turned her into ‘a jumping bean’."

Daniella Segura
McClatchy DC
Daniella Segura is a national real-time reporter with McClatchy. Previously, she’s worked as a multimedia journalist for weekly and daily newspapers in the Los Angeles area. Her work has been recognized by the California News Publishers Association. She is also an alumnus of the University of Southern California and UC Berkeley.
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