Trail camera records images of hiker's missing dog, Zulu

Where's Zulu? That question has been on many people's minds these past few weeks. Calls and e-mails have come in from as far away as California and Montana asking about the hero dog who helped save her master Robert Sumrall's life while he was lost for six nights in freezing temperatures in the Black Range mountains of New Mexico. It's been three weeks since the 67-year-old El Pasoan was found, but no one has been able to catch Zulu, who ran off after ranchers Tom and Melba Parra found Sumrall lying in an arroyo, with Zulu on top of him. Since then, a dog that appears to be Zulu has been picked up on a trail camera set up by Silver City resident Jason Amaro, who uses the camera to scout an area where he hunts. The camera is at the bottom of a deep canyon up near Emery Pass -- miles from Royal John Mine Road, but where Sumrall and Zulu started their hike. It seems that the dog has been making loops from the Emery Pass area down the canyon, probably following the route that she and Sumrall took those nights they wandered lost in the wilderness...read more