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Sausage Dog Rescued After Surviving Solo For 529 Days on Remote Island


A runaway sausage dog named Valerie has been captured after a 529-day adventure, transfixing Australia as she roamed an island teeming with kangaroos, possums, koala bears and penguins.

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