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Dog Missing From Pennsylvania Found 3,000 Miles Away In Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A Jack Russell terrier that went missing from its Pennsylvania home has turned up at an animal shelter nearly 3,000 miles away.

Deborah Wood of the Bonnie Hays Animal Shelter says a good Samaritan found the 7-year-old dog named Gidget this month in Tualatin, Oregon.

A microchip implanted in Gidget revealed that the owner lived in a town near Philadelphia. The owner told a shelter employee that her dog has been missing since April 22.

Wood says Gidget was a little thin, but otherwise in good condition. It's a mystery how the dog ended up in Oregon.

The shelter and the owner are trying to figure out how to get the dog back to Pennsylvania.

Copyright 2014 The Associated Press

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