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UPDATE 2: People report seeing missing dog mistaken for coyote

Three or four sightings in the same area on the same day has given those searching for Copper, a missing dog mistaken for a coyote, hope she might still be in the area.

Since it was announced that Copper was mistakenly released, many in the community have been actively searching the area around Jones Lane in Franklin County.

There was one report of a dog matching the description seen playing with a group of children, but the owner Lori Goodlett, says by the time she got to the area the dog was no where to be found.

Goodlett says it’s been a roller coaster ride of getting word of a sighting, but come up empty handed.

Others say the sighting are giving them hope the dog is still in the area, even those like Larry Estep who have never met or seen the dog before.

Estep says, “I’m not really interested in the reward or anything. I just want to find the dog and bring it home.”

Animal Activist Trudi Johnson feels the same, she says the sighting are giving her hope a reunion soon.

UPDATE 1: Coyote Dog Mix Up Brings Apology

The search for a Franklin County dog is garnering national attention. Ten year old “Copper” was lost on July 3rd, then found the same day by police. But officials at the Franklin County Humane Society mistook her for a coyote and told police to release her back into the wild. Now some animal lovers are taking their frustration to the people who help fund the Franklin County Humane Society.

At the Frankfort City Commissioners meeting on Monday night, a Franklin County Humane Society board member apologized to Copper’s owner for what’s been called a terrible mistake. Copper’s owner has gotten calls from all over the country, even substantial money for a reward from PETA.

Animal advocates asked the Board of Commissioners to revoke their funding of the Franklin County Humane Society. They requested that the Board provide more oversight of the Humane Society’s training, policies and procedures.

Several Frankfort City Commissioners said they’d like to see changes made at the Humane Society before the city’s contract with them is up for renewal.

Franklin County Humane Society Board Member Paul Brooker said the organization’s board is reviewing the incident, and will likely make policy changes at their next meeting. That is scheduled for Saturday, August 24 at 9 a.m.

Copper was last spotted about a week ago in the Jones Lane area of Franklin County. If you see her, call her owner at (502) 226-2580. There is $1750 reward for her return.

By Gabriel Roxas for wkyt.com

A dog owner waits and worries after her beloved pet was accidentally released into the wild.

The Frankfort Humane Society reportedly confused her Sheba Inu, a rare breed of dog, for a coyote, and it was released into the woods. Ever since Lori Goodlett started looking for her dog, Copper, she’s received calls and signs of hope, but so far… “It hasn’t been her yet,” Goodlett said.

It all began when a Frankfort police officer found Copper on the loose. The officer brought her to the Frankfort Humane Society, which initially took Copper, but soon called back police saying they wouldn’t keep her because they believed she was a coyote and therefore a nuisance animal. “The Humane Society is a private organization run by their own board of directors,” Frankfort Police Major Fred Deaton said, “and they’re there to take them in, but if they tell us they won’t house the animal, then we have to look for other options.”

Police consulted with experts who told them if the animal is a coyote, then their only options are to kill it or return it to its natural habitat. Not wanting to see the animal euthanized, police brought what the Frankfort Humane Society insisted was a coyote to an open field and released her into the wild.

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