A strong-willed dog has returned to its owner after surviving 40 days in the freezing wilderness of the Santa Cruz Mountains without food.
Buck, a black lab, got lost near his home on January 6th. His owner assumed he’d been swept up in a swollen river during a rain storm, but on February 16th, his neighbor heard whimpering while hiking in the mountains and found the weak, emaciated dog stranded on a patch of dry river bed.
Buck lost 50 pounds as he lay in the cold without food for more than a month.
(READ the good news story from CBS via Heavenly Creatures))
Our faithful companions never give up the will to return to the pack and resume their place in the family. I just my boy after 15 years and he is very missed. Live on Buck.
Aww Buck – you are loved!