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Luna, a blue-eyed
German shepherd-husky mix, apparently swam 2 miles (3.2 km) to
San Clemente Island, off the San Diego coast, where Navy
employees found her on Tuesday, Naval Base Coronado spokeswoman
Sandy DeMunnik said. The island is a Navy training base.
"It was a long haul for a puppy across treacherous terrain,"
DeMunnik said on Thursday. "She was a little thinner, but none
the worse for wear."
Luna, who is about 18-months old, was on a fishing boat with her
owner Nick Haworth when she went missing before dawn on Feb. 10
while Haworth and a crew member hauled in a catch, DeMunnik
said.
Haworth searched the waters for two days backed by Navy
personnel, who also searched the island for a week, DeMunnik
said.
The San Diego fisherman presumed Luna was dead 10 days after she
went missing, posting photos of the dog on Facebook and writing
"RIP Luna."
Luna likely spent no more than a day in the water. She was found
sitting along a road on the island.
"Beyond stoked to have Luna back," Haworth wrote on Facebook. "I
always knew she was a warrior."
(Reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Seattle; Editing by Sharon
Bernstein, Toni Reinhold)
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