BUTTE, Mont. — A Montana priest has his puppy back after law enforcement officers and an animal control officer pulled the shaking animal from the inside of a 30-foot drain pipe that runs under part of a church.
The Montana Standard reports (http://bit.ly/1DtMATT) the small black-and-brown animal couldn’t be found after Sunday Mass in Butte. The Rev. Patrick Beretta said he initially suspected puppy-nappers had taken the 8-week-old mastiff.
Officers Patrick Fleming and Callie Daly looked for a potential dog thief but suspected the animal hadn’t gone far.
They returned to the church and shined a flashlight into the pipe, spotting the puppy.