Valerie the sausage dog ‘fit and well’ after 529 days alone in Australian bush

Valerie managed to survive in harsh conditions for more than a year (Picture: Kangala Wildlife Rescue)

A sausage dog has been found ‘fit and well’ despite spending 529 days alone in the Australian bush.

Valerie’s fate has transfixed the Australian public since she went missing on Kangaroo Island in November 2023.

After ‘weeks of tireless efforts … by volunteers and partner organisations the miniature dachshund has been safely rescued and is fit and well,’ Kangala Wildlife Rescue said last night.