Just recently a friend of mine named Asith Pieris arrived at his Sturt Street home in Narrandera to find his best friend and companion, Luna, was nowhere to be seen.

Luna is a female Neopolitan Mastiff cross who was gifted to Asith by some kind people in Sydney as a loyal friend to share his new life with in rural Australia.

Asith is a refugee from Sri Lanka and Luna meant everything to him.

When he rang me, he was devastated but I knew with the help of the good people in this town we had hope. 

Firstly, we talked to the neighbours and looked for home security cameras in the immediate vicinity.

We gave all Luna’s details to the ranger and we put a carefully worded post on the I live in Narrandera social media page. This is how it panned out.

Day one and no news about Luna.

There were plenty of well wishers and shares but no sightings. In my post I mentioned she was booked in for surgery, hoping the thought of a vet bill would make anyone who had her think twice and bring Luna home.

It was now 24 hours since she disappeared and I knew she wasn’t running the streets as I would have had a phone call by now.

I decided to post a different photo of Luna and this time the response was amazing.

Day two and my phone started to ring hot. The best lead we got was from a couple who had been walking past a local dwelling and saw a dog who looked the same.

The local police were helpful after seeing the post themselves. They accompanied us to the address but it turned out to be a false alarm. The dog was a male and the owner was nice about the whole situation.

We put up another post using the words “stolen and reward”. On day three we heard about a local lay who was suspicious of a person seen with a belt around a dog’s neck.

We now had an area in town where Luna could possibly be. Later that day we received an address and the police were willing to check this new information.

Two hours later we receive a phone call from the police to say Luna was safe and well, ready to return to her relieved owner.

The response to Luna’s abduction has been incredible and many thanks to the local people who helped get Luna home. 

A special thanks to the local police officers who were only too willing to help us recover Luna and give this story a happy ending.