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  • Missing show dog becomes urban legend

    11/24/2006 7:12:11 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 1 replies · 205+ views
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061124/ap_on_re_us/where_s_vivi ^ | 6 minutes ago | RICHARD PYLE, Associated Press
    NEW YORK - In the nine months since escaping her travel cage at Kennedy Airport, Vivi the wayward whippet has joined the Central Park coyote, high-rise tiger, Harlem Meer caiman and Molly the fugitive feline in New York's ever-growing pantheon of urban animal legends. She was reported dozens of times, roaming cemeteries with other dogs, or hanging around stores in the borough of Queens, in some cases miles from the tarmac where she disappeared while awaiting a flight home to California on Feb. 15. A day earlier, she had won an Award of Merit at the annual Westminster Kennel Club...
  • Dog show pooch still missing at JFK Airport

    02/15/2006 9:19:36 PM PST · by dervish · 49 replies · 1,053+ views
    Online.com ^ | 2/15/06 | Stacey Sager
    (Queens-WABC, February 15, 2006) - The search continues for an award winning dog featured at this week's Westminster Dog Show. The $150,000 dog is missing in Queens. This whippet named "Vivy" got loose at Kennedy Airport about noon. She was being loaded on to a Delta Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles when she reportedly got out of her crate and took off. She is believed to be in the airport's surrounding area, which covers nearly five thousand acres. The owner is now making a desperate plea for her prized dog's return.