By Kendall Patterson
Editor
After five, long years, Jen Costa of Queens Village, New York was able to reunite with her dog daughter, Azzurra Diamanté.
Not long after she came home from having surgery in 2017 for tongue cancer, Costa’s life changed when Azzurra, less than two years old at the time, jumped out of her car and ran away. Costa was living in Long Island New York at the time.
While Costa had Azzurra, she had a microchip put into Azzurra in case situations like this were to occur.
She searched every where for her. She called the police. She called all the animal shelters in the vicinity. She even called the microchip company to see if they had found her Azzurra, but hit a dead end.
Recently, Henderson animal control officer Bobby Gary, received a call from a lady in Henderson about a dog that had shown up on her doorstep.
The dog was taken into the City of Henderson Animal Control facility where she was checked for microchips. A chip was found, and they had a match – it was Azzurra.
Jan Morris of the Friends of the City of Henderson Animal Control said she felt “utter amazement” when they found out Azzurra’s home was New York.
“You wish she (Azzurra) could speak and tell you her story of how she wound up 1,000 miles from home. It’s an incredible joyous reunion.”
Costa was at her barber when she was notified by the microchip company that Azzurra had been found in Tennessee.
She said that she could not believe it and was amazed how Azzurra made it to Tennessee and was still alive. So 1,000 miles and five years later, Costa and Azzurra were able to reunite at the City of Henderson Animal Control.
Now that Costa and Azzurra are able to spend their lives together again, Costa is glad to have her back.
“It feels great. It’s like she fits right back in as if she’s been here all along,” she said.
