A Marion County family’s search for a missing 13-year-old dog took an unexpected turn after Apollo was found wandering more than 1,000 miles from home on Long Island, nearly two months after surveillance video showed a woman picking him up near the family’s Florida home.
News 6 ClickOrlando reporter Alex Cook said Apollo disappeared from the Ocala area on April 25, leaving his owners with few answers and no clear way to explain how their dog had vanished from a roadside near their neighborhood.
Now, after an animal shelter in Hempstead, New York scanned Apollo’s microchip, the family has confirmation that the dog is alive and preparing to return home…