The Happy Pod: The tiny dog back home after a big adventure

快乐小窝:经历了一场大冒险后的小狗回到了家

Global News Podcast

2025-06-15

28 分钟
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A tiny dog famous for her big adventure reunites with her overjoyed owners, after 529 days in the wild. Also: the escaped Tennessee Zebra; why a man risked his life to save 41 others; and a footballing first for Senegal.
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  • This is the happy pod from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Bernadette Keough and in this edition...

  • It was just the best feeling ever.

  • Incredible moment where I don't think I'll go over for a long long time.

  • Our house is just exploding with love.

  • A tiny dog who found fame on a giant adventure finally makes it home.

  • A man who risked everything to save 41 people.

  • The families of these young men who were trapped couldn't help,

  • but I could.

  • Putting your life on the line for other people,

  • that's what we should do.

  • That's at the heart of what humanity is all about.

  • Also, hunting for an elusive rare species.

  • We're basically chasing ghosts.

  • We can't see it, we can't hear it,

  • but we know it's there.

  • Christina can hear it.

  • plus the joy of a footballing first for Senegal.

  • We start with the story of a tiny dog who went on a huge adventure.

  • Valerie the Dashund was just a puppy when she escaped during a camping trip on Kangaroo Island off the south coast of South Australia back in November 2023.