'I was so excited': Dog reunited with family 7 days after falling from cliff on Vancouver Island
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A beloved pet that went missing in the Highlands area of Vancouver Island was found seven days later by an army of volunteers.
A beloved pet that went missing in the Highlands area of Vancouver Island was found seven days later by an army of volunteers.
The mastiff-retriever cross, named Luna, was found desperately clinging to a narrow ledge on a cliff, and was reunited with her owner after a heroic rescue last month.
It's believed that Luna had chased an animal out of her yard and gotten lost, somehow falling off a cliff and landing on a two-foot wide ledge. She remained there, alone, as her owner and searchers frantically looked for her.
"It was terrible because it was getting colder and she always sleeps next to me or my daughter," said Sartya Schaerer, Luna's owner.
After she'd been missing for several days, there was a break in the case from the other side of Finlayson Arm.
Across the water, Ron Cheeke had heard Luna's cries for help.
Cheeke decided to record the sound and notify the pet rescue group ROAM. He even went so far as to search the area on boat to try to locate the exact source of the sound.
