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A DOG belonging to missing Victorian man Jason Richards has been found in the outback, giving his family new hope he could be alive.
The search for Mr Richards took a fresh twist after his pointer cross Amy was found wandering in the scrub.
South Australian detectives confirmed the dog was found near Glendambo, on the Stuart Highway west of Woomera, about 120km from where Mr Richards was last seen.
It has given new hope to family and friends who have spent three weeks searching for the father of two.
"It could mean that he's still in the area and that's what we're hoping for," Mr Richards' father Wayne told the Herald Sun.
The organisers of a Facebook page dedicated to finding Mr Richards said they prayed Amy's discovery would "leads (sic) us straight to Jason".
Amy was taken to Port Augusta to be examined and treated by a vet.
South Australia's police major crime squad is co-ordinating the search for Mr Richards.
He was last seen near Woomera on June 21 as he drove from Darwin to Ballarat.
He had been travelling in his blue Toyota Hilux ute with Amy, towing an aluminium boat.
The boat was found torched near Woomera. Police said they found Amy in poor condition southeast of Glendambo on Sunday.
Wayne Richards said she had cuts on her feet and appeared to have given birth to a litter she was carrying before his son vanished.
"She's all skin and bones," he said.
"She's skinny but it doesn't look like she was mistreated. They're looking after her and she's OK now."
The dog appeared to have wandered on to a cattle station, whose owners called authorities.
Wayne Richards searched near Woomera on June 28 following the sighting of a dog, but to no avail.
"It appears she has been separated from him for some time," he said.
Police spent the weekend searching bush near Woomera from the air and the ground. They will now concentrate their search around Glendambo.
Jason's brother David and Jason's partner Jess Laidlaw have travelled to the area from Ballarat to help the police search.
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Ths area the dog was found - ie nothing but desert
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