Found: Missing Dog From Tampa Airport Has Been Reunited With Family

TAMPA, FL - Brady, a 4-year-old hound-mix who went missing after she escaped a metal crate on the Tampa International Airport tarmac, has been found. A post on the Bring Brady The TIA Dog Home Facebook page announced that she has been found.

“The update we all have been waiting for! I am so overjoyed and happy as I am writing this...happy, happy tears! All I can release right now is that Brady has been found! She is being treated. Updates to Follow!”
To read the full message, click here.

Brady has been missing for more than two weeks since she got loose from a crate while being placed on a Delta flight. Brady chewed through the metal cage and ran away. Airport operations staff, animal control and the air traffic control tower searched for the dog.

The dog’s owner was identified as Bill Gideon. The dog was being transported to Bermuda to be reunited with the Gideon family.

Gideon said Brady was found on airport property and has lost about 16 pounds, News Channel 8 reported. She is now being treated at BluePearl Veterinary Partners hospital in Tampa. Brady is in stable condition and undergoing evaluation.

This story will be updated.

Photo via Lost and Found Pets of Hillsborough County/family photo