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First-time dog owner Johnny Tran is asking the community for help locating his missing four-legged friend Holly, an adult jindo-mix rescued from a meat farm in South Korea, who is now on the run in Calgary.

Holly was rescued by Go Rescue Korea, a not-for-profit that saves the animals from their fate as food. She was then taken to Canada by volunteers at the Rocky Mountain Animal Rescue where the dog was adopted by Tran.

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But the dog’s new lease on life took an ironic twist when Holly broke free of her leash on March 18, and has been loose in the northeast community of Monterey Park ever since.

Tran said Holly has “every possible behavioural issue” a rescue dog can have, but was starting to warm up to her new owner. Holly has anxiety when she’s around loud vehicles or children, Tran said, and was startled by a vehicle when out for a walk last month.

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“She started having a panic attack,” Tran said. “She kind of bolts in all directions, including running into traffic. I guess from all that pulling (the leash) came off or malfunctioned.”