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14th October 2019
10:13am BST

"I was at work, and my son, who was 12-years-old accidentally opened the door in the afternoon after school one day and we never saw her again.
"I held out hope because I paid for that microchip every year. It was $15 a year I wasn't going to give up hope for that. Always hope."
Duchess was taken to the Humane Animal Rescue in Pittsburgh when she was scanned for a microchip, revealing that she was registered to Strang.
Her owner then drove 18 hours from her home to the shelter to pick up Duchess - an reunion that was undoubtedly going to be emotional.
It is not known where Duchess was for the past 12 years.
You can watch Duchess's and Strang's emotional reunion here:
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