Dozens join search for missing dog
DOZENS of volunteers joined the hunt for a terrier possibly lost down rabbit holes at Ganavan Sands, Oban, last week.
Now a £500 reward is being offered to anyone who finds two-yearold Rowan, a small, fluffy, black and white Jack Russell/Patterdale cross, who failed to return to the calls of her owner, Sandra Muir who moved from Jura to Oban, during a walk on the town’s beach.
‘She is the friendliest dog you could meet and our hearts are broken without her. Thanks to everyone who has helped and continues to.’
Sandra and her partner, Lee Williamson, began searching and put out an appeal on Facebook and the family were soon joined by friends.
Oban roofer Malcolm Kerr heard the appeal and put four of his men digging. ‘He is a big dog lover,’ his stepson Jason Goldie said. ‘So am I. If it was his dog, he would like to think other people would do the same.’
More diggers from piping contractor D&K Lafferty also arrived with a pipe camera borrowed from Scottish Water. During the week the search team were offered free use of a JCB digger and an underground listening device known as an ‘elephant’s foot’, while on Friday more children arrived with beach spades, alongside men armed with a ferret and divining rods. If you have any information on her whereabouts, contact Sandra via her Facebook page.