Golden Retriever named Tequila is reunited with owner after dog was abducted during a brutal carjacking in Brazil – owner received death threats while attempting to get her back

A missing four-year-old Golden Retriever has been reunited with her owner following a carjacking in Brazil.

Mariana Bizagio told news outlet G1 that her pet dog Tequila joined her mother on a drive to a local shop Monday in the eastern zone of São Paulo when they were approached by carjackers in the parking lot.

Bizagio said one of the suspects sped off in the vehicle, but knew that Tequila would not leave the vehicle due to fear.

‘My mother started screaming and the back door was even open, but my dog ​​is fearful,’ she said. ‘She would never jump out of a moving car and must have been backed into the corner.’

Tequila, a four-year-old Golden Retriever, was inside a vehicle that was stolen Monday in São Paulo, Brazil. She was back wit her family on Wednesday

The suspects took all of the personal belongings that were inside the car, which was located two hours after the incident.

Tequila, however, was nowhere to be found.

Bizagio said that they visited the entrance to a slum where the car had been tracked to by the insurance company and was told by residents that they had not seen her.

She took to social media and posted images of Tequila and offered a reward of 1,200 reais (about $246) in hopes of reuniting with the pet who became part of her family in 2019.

Tequila spent two days roaming the streets of São Paulo, Brazil, before a woman spotted her and alerted her owner

Tequila as a two-month-old (left) and four-month-old (right). The Golden Retrieve, who is now four years old, reunited with his owner Mariana Bizagio on Wednesday, two days after she went missing when two suspects carjacked Bizagio’s mother in a store parking lot in Brazil

She recalled receiving 40 calls from people who claimed to have seen her dog, including one person who said they would not return the dog and even threatened to kill Bizagio if she didn’t comply with a bank transfer.

‘It’s not enough to go through with the robbery… there are people who play with our emotions,’ Bizagio said. ‘I even had a panic attack.’

Fortunately, Bizagio received a call Wednesday from a person who recognized Tequila from the social media posts and agreed to meet with her in a public space.

‘She wasn’t hurt, she was just very thirsty,’ she said. ‘I want to thank, very, very much, everyone who shared, who prayed, who sent messages supporting us. Each person’s help was fundamental. We are very happy.’