A Texas family is looking for its dog that went missing in Florida's Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park after a bison knocked the dog and his owner into a canal.
Cindy and Doug Ashby issued a plea Feb. 3 on the Gainesville, Florida Pet Finder Facebook page.
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The Ashbys told The Gainesville Sun that Bear is a 30-pound rescue dog that looks like a rat terrier.
Park manager David Jowers said the dog, who has been microchipped, was spotted on Monday in Boulware Springs Park. Since that time, there have been a number of sightings of Bear mentioned in the post on the Pet Finder Facebook page.
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Cindy Ashby said Tuesday morning on Facebook they were continuing their search and putting out flyers until they had to leave to return to Texas later in the day.
