A dachshund survived a year and a half on an inhospitable Australian island

A dachshund survived a year and a half on an inhospitable Australian island

By Dr. Kyle Muller

The island of the kangaroos, as the name suggests, is located in Australia, off the southern coast: it covers 4.00 km2 And it hosts a human population of just 4,000 people – the rest of the territory is covered by dense forests and has a rough and dangerous land.

In this apparently hostile environmentan specimen of German dachshund named Valerie was able to survive for 529 daysbefore being found (and re -eligible) by the volunteers of the Kangala Wildlife Rescue, who told the story of Valerie in a series of posts on social media, the last of which celebrates his return home.

Escape from the campsite. Valerie’s story begins, as often happens when it comes to pets who run away, during an out of the trip: Georgia Gardner and Josh Fishlock, these are the names of the masters of Valerie, were standing on the island of the kangaroos when the dachshund has passed away suddenly, diving into a bush and making its own tracks lose.

For the following 529 days, Valerie wandered for the island of the kangaroos, and his own humans have given up finding it after months of research during which The dachshund seemed disappeared – or worse. Then, after a year of nothing, the surveillance cameras of some farms on the island began to intercept it, and the inhabitants of the place to see her run here and there, without however being able to block it.

Try taking me. Apparently, in fact, Valerie had no desire to be captured. His research involved dozens of volunteers, who have invested in total More than 1,000 hours of their time to try to recover the dog. Who brought them to a walk for More than 5,000 kilometersdespite the use of traps and various baits to try to block it.

Valerie then went on the following months to escape from humans and machines, and to be seen every now and then in some videos. The volunteers of the Kangala Wildlife Rescue do not explain how they finally managed to capture the dachshund and bring it back to his family, but the photos posted on Facebook (like this) show that Valerie has finally returned home.

Kyle Muller
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Dr. Kyle Muller
Dr. Kyle Mueller is a Research Analyst at the Harris County Juvenile Probation Department in Houston, Texas. He earned his Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from Texas State University in 2019, where his dissertation was supervised by Dr. Scott Bowman. Dr. Mueller's research focuses on juvenile justice policies and evidence-based interventions aimed at reducing recidivism among youth offenders. His work has been instrumental in shaping data-driven strategies within the juvenile justice system, emphasizing rehabilitation and community engagement.
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