TV appeal reunites Ballymena family with lost dog after year’s disappearance

An elderly dog abandoned at a shelter in a hot box with no water and maggots under her fur has been reunited with her previous owner.

Ken Ross, April's owner for 15 years, came forward following media appeals after she disappeared over a year ago. Staff at the Dogs Trust Ballymena had been caring for the canine since April 22 this year.

April, or Amber as she was known then, went missing from the Ross family home on Easter Sunday in 2014 when she walked out the garage door and never came back.