How to find your pet if it runs away

Cats, as well as dogs, are often marked with a chip so that it can easily be identified and returned to its home. Photo: Ingo Wagner/dpa

When her dog Molly disappeared, Sappho-Josepha Hanke had almost given up hope of ever finding her again.

They’d taken a drive in southern Germany out to the lake and Molly ran off. She was hit by a car, then disappeared. Then, emaciated, she ran into a live trap for catching animals some 35 days later.