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'Survivor' pet dog reunites with family after 4 months on island

China Daily | Updated: 2009-04-07 07:48

A pet dog that fell overboard in rough seas off Australia has been reunited with its owners after surviving alone on an island for four months, reports said yesterday.

Sophie Tucker, apparently named after a late US entertainer, was thrown overboard as Jan Griffith and her family sailed through choppy waters off the northeast Queensland coast in November. The dog was believed to have drowned and Griffith said the family was devastated.

But out of sight of the family, Sophie Tucker was swimming doggedly and finally made it to St Bees Island, five nautical miles away, and began the sort of life popularized by the reality TV show Survivor.

'Survivor' pet dog reunites with family after 4 months on island

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