Ice Storm Rescue

As we were driving down Curtis Street in Laramie, Wyoming during a sleet/ice storm, I saw a white animal walking down the middle of the road. He looked almost invisible with his white ice covered fur walking in the white icy road in the storm. I knew if I didn't stop in the middle of traffic to rescue him he would have been struck by a motorist. Or freeze to death. I put him an the back seat and turned the heat up full blast. We drove to a place where we could park and read his tags. His name was sandy paws. His owners name and address were on it but it was an old address. I called the no kill shelter and took him there. But I didn't stop there--the next day I found his owners address and number in the phone book, called and told him where Sandy Paws was. He was surprised, as he didn't even know Sandy Paws had gotten out of his yard. The next day I called the animal shelter to see if he'd been picked up--It sometimes pays to be a busy body. They told me they'd received quite a few calls from family members after I contacted them. Sandy Paws was safely returned to his friends. The amazing thing was he had walked over 3 1/2 mile from home in that ice storm, and miraculously was not struck by a motorist. I love happy endings for animals.

Milt & Linda S.
Oklahoma City, OK