Show January 12 1973 Pag 6 “ National This ' month’s Geographic magazine carries a story by Utah State University graduate student William by John Flannery mile-squar- e- needed help L Franklin concerning his three years work with vicuna in the Andes of South America During Franklin’s three years on Peru’s Rampa Galeras Reserve observing- these relatives of the camel he had a constant fourlegged companion which ap- pears with him in a color photograph on page 89 on the January volume The companion was “Puppy” a poodle The two traveled over 15000 miles together and spent 1000 days together constantly When Bill’s tour was completed Puppy was placed in a shipping crate and flown to Los Angeles International Airport the world’s second largest commercial airport There an accident occurred The poodle was accidentally released from the crate and pursued by quarantine personnel dashed out and disappeared When Bill arrived he was heartbroken For days he searched the 12 airport talked to of the 50000 employees many and drove the surrounding neigh Dilemmas of a lost poodle borhood Puppy could be found nowhere Bill returned to Logan with his family and appealed to the Utah State University Information Services A feature story on the man and his lost dog was sent to media throughout the west As a result in the following months a report of sighting a dog resembling the lost Puppy reached Franklin But there was no confirmation that it was Puppy In October Bill purchased another poodle pup and it too was named “Puppy” But one of the Franklin’s young daughters couldn’t handle the pronunciation and the new pup became “Pupsy” A week before Christmas Bill’s mother called from California With some trepidation she told him that the original puppy may have been found The dog in question was under care of a veterinarian Bill called the veterinarian and the two exchanged details on the poodle Over the phone Bill learned that this animal was emaciated had his neck chewed and had fresh cuts on a hind leg The dog was dirty and its coat matted He had definitely suf- - fered identification his mind for something that would clinch the identification He remembered a chipped upper tooth The vet said there was one and Bill decided to make the trip to LA His wife drove him to the edge of Logan and he hitchhiked to Salt Lake City But drivers were less Bill searched hospitable about rides westbound from Salt Lake City After hours of standing by the highway Bill walked back into Salt Lake City and climbed on a bus The next morning he reached the kennel HEADING DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE'S - r ' BAPID BEADING C0UBSE to read faster comprehend better and study more effectively then have we got a class for you Find out why more students and faculty prefer Reading Development's program than any other program in the If you would like State The poodle was under medication there were several other people in the room when the two first met and there was no sign of immediate recognition on either part Jhe dog responded to “Puppy” and that was all Bill was certain of one thing only He would give this poor animal a home whether or not it was Puppy The vet was to clip the poodle and bathe him and Bill would return that afternoon to pick him up Cleaned up the animal looked more like the old Puppy and Bill was sur$2 The two stayed at Bill’s mother’s home and once the dog almost ran away Then came another brief “trauma for the two Bill had to ship the animal back to Salt Lake by air Puppy resisted the shipping crate and parting with his master Bill hated taking another chance of being parted from his friend’ Back in Logan Puppy took to the new interloper Pupsy and picked up some of his old habits but he had forgotten many of the 27 commands and phrases he had known 18 months before Much of his liveliness had disappeared in his year and a half the fight for survival' And quickly previously independent This story of an unexpected Christmas present included a hero a heroine and a cast of people Bill Franklin considers “outstanding humans” The heroine was Pan American secretary Karen Sack ar animal lover who had lost her own dog some months before In her frequent visits to look at animals handled by the airline she spotted the dog which had come into the hangar during December’s cold weather She tried to approach him and he got up to leave the corner he had occupied for several days She retreated to her office but returned talked coaxingly and moved closer He allowed her to touch him Finally he dropped his head in her lap She cried better she told Bill Franklin “I felt he had had a terrible time and had just given -- up” With the help of some of the men in the building she moved the dog to a wire kennel ' The hero was Mike Burgman a Pan American Air Cargo employee who first helped Bill ship Puppy down to Peru when the study began Mike was a neighbor of Bill’s mother at the time and it was he who first thought the poodle might be Puppy Mike called Mrs Franklin and she called Bill Pan Am helped The Pan Am people took a definite interest in the lonely animal One Hank Kopah collected catfood which hadn’t been used by felines in transit and fed the hungry dog Others took up a collection for veterinary treatment for the animal - passing postman shared his lunch with the dog A Pan Am staff members wanted for their if families at Christmas no owner showed up to adopt the poodle one will ever know the full details of how this animal survived the ordeal Bill believes the hundreds of miles the two walked No together at elevations above feet in the Andes conditioned Puppy for these 18 months “He probably became a scavenger living on garbage and whatever else he could find We know he used a culvert as a retreat part of the time He aged five years in the 18 months but gradually- - the liveliness is coming back “I’ve never had a better Bill Christmas present” 13000 Franklin says isuir Today January 12 at 6 or frpm Saturday January 13 at 10 am or 1 pm PUBLIC LIBRARY CACMj-COUNT- Y (1st North and 1st East) Classes arc Filling Rapidly: to Register Call 752-49- 74 or 753-016- 1 BEADING DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE “the $7500 rapid reading course” Tutrrri animal He now craved affection followed Bill everywhere and would go berserk when Franklin left the house ft Sundays Sandwiches Pork Chop Big “J Dakbd Ham |