When Bella the black lab went missing from Kaitaia, her "humans" imagined all sorts of scenarios.
Bella turning up in Otara two months later was not one of them.
Bella was probably stolen. No one really knows what happened other than the people who took her, and Bella.
After Bella's January 12 disappearance, Beryl Andresen fretted for her son Phillip's pet, and hoped the worst hadn't happened.
The worst included death, or being used as "bait" in illegal dog fights.