Dog found alive on island 5 weeks after lost at sea
Dog is found alive five weeks after it was lost at sea: Luna falls off fishing boat, swims two miles to an island and survives for over a month on a Navy bombing range
Nick Haworth's puppy, Luna, has returned more than a month after she fell overboard in the Pacific Ocean
The 1 ½-year-old German shepherd was spotted Tuesday on San Clemente Island, a Navy-owned training base 70 miles off San Diego
She disappeared February 10 as Haworth, who is a commercial fisherman, worked on a boat two miles from the island
Luna was spotted Tuesday morning when Navy staff arrived to work on the island that's used by the military to practice live fire exercises
A biologist examined Luna and found her a little thin but otherwise healthy
Saved: Conner Lamb carries Luna, a 1 1/2-year-old dog that fell off a fishing boat in February, after Luna arrived by a Navy commuter flight Wednesday at Naval Base Coronado in California
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A fisherman's beloved dog that was presumed to be drowned in the Pacific Ocean has been found alive five weeks after falling overboard his boat.
Nick Haworth's dog, Luna, a 1 ½-year-old German shepherd, was spotted Tuesday on San Clemente Island, a Navy-owned training base 70 miles off San Diego.
The blue-eyed pup disappeared February 10 as Haworth, a commercial fisherman from San Diego, worked on a boat two miles from the island.
'They were pulling in their (lobster) traps, and one minute Luna was there, and the next minute she was gone,' said Sandy DeMunnik, spokeswoman for Naval Base Coronado.
Lamb squats next to his friend, Nick Haworth's 1 1/2-year-old German shepherd Luna, who fell overboard from his boat in the ocean off the Southern California coast in February. Luna was found Tuesday on San Clemente Island, a Navy-owned training base 70 miles off San Diego
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'They looked everywhere for her. They couldn't see her. The water was dark, and she's dark.'
Haworth notified Navy personnel that his dog had fallen overboard.
'He insisted that he was 90 percent sure that she made it to shore because she was such a strong swimmer,' DeMunnik said.
Haworth searched the waters for about two days and Navy staff searched the island for about a week but found no sign of Luna.
She was presumed lost at sea until Tuesday morning when staff arriving for work at the island's Naval Auxiliary Landing Field spotted something unusual — a dog sitting by the side of the road.
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Domestic animals aren't allowed on the island for environmental reasons, as it is extremely dangerous due to the fact it is used by the military to practice live fire exercises, according to KGTV.
'She was just sitting there wagging her tail,' DeMunnik said. The staff called to Luna, and she came right over.
A biologist then examined the dog and found her a little thin but otherwise healthy.
'It looks like she was surviving on rodents and dead fish that had washed up,' DeMunnik said.
San Clemente Island, where Luna was found, is located 46 miles off the coast of California. It's estimated that she fell overboard about two miles from the island
What would it eat? Or drink? I didn't read in depth but there would have to be some sort of fresh water on the island or the dog never would have made it that long?? Hopefully whatever it ate won't cause too much of a long term issue on its digestive health. I have so many questions.
