Vivi Hunts, Kills, Continues To Roam Free On Queens Streets

As the search for Vivi continues, reports are starting to sound like the hunt for bin Laden or Eric Rudolph:

Vivi, the champion whippet, has been lost in Queens for two months and the tactics to find her have changed from massive searches to raising community awareness.

According to Bo Bengtson, Vivi’s breeder, having volunteers scour the area has proved to be counterproductive. “This is a waiting game now,” he said. “We are hoping that some local resident will put out food often enough for Vivi to come back to one place and eventually feel comfortable enough to let herself be caught.”

In the past, when Vivi was sighted, volunteers combed the area and it is believed that they may have caused the dog to retreat even further. “Simply going out and looking for Vivi is not going to help,” Bengtson added.

Instead, the rescue volunteers are being asked to continue to post fliers in several languages so the public can be made aware of what Vivi looks like and who to call if she’s spotted.

And now that she’s in the wild, it seems that Vivi has become quite the badass fugitive:

About a month after her disappearance, Vivi was seen in Bayside, Fresh Meadows and then on a regular basis in Flushing, near Flushing Cemetery, and later in College Point. Rescuers do not want to announce her latest sightings, but say she has been seen regularly in one area for the last couple of weeks.

One witness said Vivi still looked well groomed and even allowed herself to be petted. A 10 year old boy said the dog followed him for a while. “If even half of the sightings are correct, Vivi is still around and coping much better than anticipated,” Bengtson said.

There is also evidence that Vivi has hunted and killed small game in parks. “What was found was not even entirely eaten, which would confirm that there are lots of feeding opportunities for stray dogs in this area and that Vivi is not starving,” Bengtson said.

Previously on Vivi: Vivi Liberation!, That Fucking Dog Has Taken Up Way Too Much Of My Mental Space, Jamaica Bay Is No Place For A Lost Pup, Dionne Warwick Is On The Tarmac! Dionne Warwick Is On The Tarmac, You Call That A Dog Shit? Rats Around Here Drop Loads Bigger Than That, Yes, They’re Still Looking For That Dog.