“At about 3am on the Saturday before Christmas, an internet sensation arrived in our home.
We didn’t know it at the time, but the clearly nervous rescue dog, Sophie, just transported to us by a 72 hour van journey from Romania would not only take over our lives but also touch many, many other people.
Our much-loved old dog, Cabbage – also a rescue, and a family member for the past 14 years – had died last January. After some months, my husband and I decided it was time to adopt another, but had no luck with local rehoming centres, which have few animals available and long waiting lists. So on the recommendation of a colleague we opted for a Peterborough-based charity, meeting our new adoptee by video. The charity handled the health and Defra checks, and dropped her at our home, one of a party of a dozen dogs being brought to their new homes in the UK.”
- Professor Diane Coyle