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Dog Leon with sled driver Sébastien Dos Santos Borges: »Leon is with me!«
Photo: Rebecca Clark/AP
A sled dog missing in the USA has been reunited with its owner after almost three months.
»Leon is with me!«, wrote sledge driver Sébastien Dos Santos Borges on Facebook.
The Frenchman thanked the people who helped locate the dog that had suddenly disappeared from the famous Iditarod sled dog race in Alaska.
This is a "wonderful story of love and friendship."
The three-year-old husky disappeared on March 13 from the small town of Ruby on the Yukon River, a stage point on the 1,800-kilometer racetrack, the Iditarod organizers said.
A finder's reward has been suspended.
A search operation lasting several weeks, also with airplanes, was unsuccessful.
According to the information, Leon only reappeared at the end of May.
Residents in the remote village of McGrath, more than 200 kilometers from Ruby, saw the dog and lured him with food.
The organizers announced that the animal was finally caught on June 4th.
Borges traveled from France and was reunited with Leon in McGrath, the People portal reported on Monday.
The Iditarod runs through the Alaskan wilderness and is considered the toughest dog sled race in the world.
This year, at the beginning of March, 49 sled drivers, so-called mushers, started with their dog teams, including 17 women.
After eight days, 14 hours and 38 minutes, the American Brent Sass crossed the finish line as the winner with eleven dogs in front of his sled in Nome.
wit/dpa