Dog 'abandoned' on east London bus reunited with rightful owner

Reunited: Boston was returned to his rightful owner on Tuesday
Paulina Rybak
Laura Proto4 May 2016

A dog which was feared to have been abandoned on a bus in east London has been reunited with his family after his owner saw its picture on the Evening Standard website.

The Staffordshire Bull Terrier was found sitting in the pram and wheelchair area of a 158 bus which travelled through Leyton on Thursday evening.

Bus driver Amos Paul Mak spotted the lonely pooch and when the service terminated at Stratford Bus Station, took to Facebook to try and find his owner.

The dog spent the evening on the bus, which was taken out of service and sent to West Ham bus garage, before being handed over to Newham Council’s dog wardens on Friday.

Today, four-year-old Boston was reunited with his owner Paulina Rybak, who said her pet disappeared while being taken for a walk on Thursday

She told the Standard: “We took him outside and after few seconds, we couldn’t see him. We started looking for him but couldn’t find him.

“On Friday, in the morning, I went to my vet and told them I lost my dog and they told me to call Newham Council.

“They said: “When we find the dog, we will let you know”. But we ended up finding him on the Evening Standard website.

“I was so happy I started crying. I thought we would never see him again.”

Happy faces: Filip, 8, and Zofia, 3, with their beloved pet Boston
Paulina Rybak

Miss Rybak, who has had Boston since he was six-weeks-old, said she and her two young children, Filip, 8, and Zofia, 3, were devastated when their pet vanished.

She said: “I felt very, very sad because he is part of our family.

“My children were very sad. My boy was crying and my daughter was as well. Now they are very happy and are with him now.”

Miss Rybak added it was the first time Boston has run off and fears someone tried to steal him before abandoning him on the bus.

Mr Mak, who has been a bus driver for four years, said he remembers Boston getting onto the bus with two men.

He told the Standard: “I am genuinely pleased Boston is home and I will let all the staff at Stagecoach, who helped keep him comfortable and stress free, know.

“My colleague Benji stayed working for a few hours after his shift unpaid to try and find a place to take him, Leigh Anne on the counter kept phoning all night to try and get him taken in somewhere and Liezel constantly kept an eye on and gave Boston hugs throughout the night.”

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in

MORE ABOUT