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Family reunited with dog seen running along SR 520 bridge found

Seattle Animal Shelter staff helped reunite a lost pooch that spent Monday morning running along the SR 520 floating bridge.
Credit: Cartmill, Elise
A family reunited with Huan-Huan, the dog seen running along the 520 bridge during the Monday morning commute.

Huan-Huan has been reunited with his family!

The Seattle Animal Shelter found the owners of the lost dog, Huan-Huan, that ran on the shoulder of State Route 520 on Monday morning.

The family picked up the pup Tuesday afternoon.

The dog's family was on vacation, and the dog had been staying with relatives when it escaped.

The pup ran along the eastbound SR 520 floating bridge and escaped several people who tried to rescue it, according to the Washington state Department of Transportation. The dog jumped into the bushes near Lake Washington Boulevard and out of sight of WSDOT cameras.

A lost dog ran on the shoulder of State Route 520 on Monday morning. 

Several agencies tried to catch the pooch, but were unsuccessful for much of the morning.

The dog was captured later Monday and taken to the Seattle Animal Shelter.

"Dogs on entrance ramps and exit ramps is a thing we see every once in awhile. I don't know in our history we have actually had a dog that has made it across 520 alive," said Kara Main-Hester, Deputy Director of the Seattle Animal Shelter.

Staff called the phone number associated with the dog's chip, but got the wrong number. The owners later responded to an email from the shelter.

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