Golden Retriever Caught After 2 Years
`Satellite tracking, helicopter surveillance and dart gun attempts failed it was a boiled ham dinner that brought Sam, a golden retriever, in from the cold after two years on the lam.
Nicknamed the “Golden Ghost,” Sam survived two New Hampshire winters, deer hunting season and being hit by a car and still no one could catch him. [..]
In January, experts from Boston arrived with infrared cameras and a remote-controlled net but had no luck. A friend provided the use of his helicopter to search. Steve Sprowl’s efforts to get the dog with a tranquilizing gun failed repeatedly.
“Sam, he was winning 200 to 1,” Sprowl said.’
