Valerie vanished during a camping holiday in November 2023 with her owners Josh Fishlock and Georgia Gardner. When strangers tried to help, she fled into the undergrowth, and her owners eventually gave up and returned home to the mainland.

The miniature dachshund who fled from her owners on Australia's Kangaroo Island has been rescued after 549 days in the wild.

She survived more than a year in the Australian wilderness. But reuniting her with her owners will take a little more time.