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A TINY DOG SPENT 529 DAYS ALONE ON AN ISLAND SURVIVED SNAKES AND RETURNED CHUNKIER THAN EVER (europe.pub)
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[–] Depress_Mode@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago (2 children)

This was last year

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-06/how-valerie-became-the-worlds-most-notorious-sausage-dog/105832548

Here's a short documentary about the rescue effort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OLGq9IDpXM

[–] THB@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Way cool! Thanks for digging that up.

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 points 4 days ago

lol my imagination assigned the dachshund an Australian voice before I saw the owners