Lost Giant Schnauzer/Covenant Transport Woman Driver
We have lost a Giant Schnauzer as a result on an auto accident on Sunday night, 1-21-07. Story follows Covenant Transport information.
We have had a report that Hope was seen at a Texaco truck stop in Buchanan VA on Monday at Exit 162 Northbound on I-81. We were told that a woman truck driver working for Covenant Transport was trying to get Hope. She may have been successful in getting Hope to go with her . It is possible the truck had a NY plate. The woman said she was heading North. We are trying to follow up on this. Reaching this woman could be crucial to finding Hope. We have had TV coverage on the loss of this dog. We are notifying them of this siting of the Covenant Transport driver so they may update their story and possibly reach this woman also. It has been difficult dealing with Covenant Transport trying to find this driver. I realize at this point that we have very little information on this woman other than another driver talking to her and seeing her try to get Hope.
If you have seen this woman with a large black dog, please contact me. We would like to know if she has Hope.
Any assistance/advice you might be able to give us would be greatly appreciated. We are all devastated, and working very hard to find Hope.
Thank you
Barbara Crisafulli
718 596 5525.
This is Barbara Crisafulli. I volunteer with HT-Z Giant Schnauzer and am located in Brooklyn, NY. I am writing to you about a Roanoke resident, Jean Engle, who adopted one of our dogs from me and was returning home to Roanoke on Sunday, January 21, 2007. On her way home, Jean was involved in an automobile accident on I-81 South, mile marker 162.7, about 20 miles north of Roanoke, VA. The roads were very icy, the car crashed and Hope, the Giant Schnauzer escaped through a rear door that flew open. It was dark, Hope is all black, and despite efforts to find her, she has not been found. Hope is very friendly, probably very frightened. She is approximately 1.5-2 yrs old, 75 pounds, recently groomed. She has cropped ears (left ear is down, right is standing sometimes) and a docked tail. Not being from the Roanoke, Virginia area she might be skittish and disoriented. She is micro-chipped, has a rabies tag with the animal hospital phone number on it and a NYS license on her collar. The collar is a multicolor blue.
Jean, who is 79 yrs old, has been looking for the dog since Sunday, returning to the scene of the accident and canvasing the area asking about Hope. Jean is alone in this effort. To add insult to injury, Jean's personal belongings as well as wallet, checkbook, etc., where stolen from her crashed vehicle. Her priority is finding Hope. Jean has not even been to a doctor herself, having suffered the impact of the air bag on crashing. She is quite sore, but continues her search alone.
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