A hound the world in 80 days: Meet Oscar, the canine globe-trotting sensation
Oscar is a dog without equal. This year, he travelled across an incredible five continents, 29 countries and stopped off everywhere from the Eiffel Tower to the Taj Mahal.
He was rescued from a South African kennel by Joanne Lefson, who is half-British, five years ago. In May the pair began an epic journey hoping to inspire millions to help save his fellow canines living as strays on the streets. After dodging crocodile-infested rivers, walking on the Great Wall of China and escaping Italian police, Oscar finally finished his tour last week.
The £250,000 six-month trip - which Joanne funded by selling her home - also took in an amazing 15,000 shelter dogs and more than 50 charity-run rescue centres. On their worldwide travels, Joanne and Oscar also handed out 15,000 dog leads to needy hounds donated by the parcel company UPS.
I've arrived at the woof of the world: Oscar the dog in Machu Picchu, Peru. In six months, he visited 29 countries on five continents
Nepal in a day's work: Oscar and his owner, Joanne Lefson, join the Kathmandu tusk force
Just call me the Eiffel terrier
Topple that: Posing for a Pisa portrait in Italy
An Oscar-winning pose: Star billing beneath the Hollywood sign
So much Russian around... a rest in Red Square
I'm knee-high to a Masai on the plains of Kenya
Thirsty work, this sightseeing: Where can a Giza get a drink around here?
Can you hear the echo? Must be the Swiss yelps
Hello, me old China: A Peke at the Great Wall
We loved the Himalayas... but that mountain camel gave me the right hump
Wonder dog... lolling about outside the Taj Mahal in Delhi
Torch and go but we've reached New York
Who's yellow? A Costa Rican 'copter ride was all in my stride
Snout and about... Joanne and I tipped our hats to Thailand
We made it! End of the road in Rio
LIST OF COUNTRIES IN FULL
May
South Africa
Botswana
Namibia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Tanzania
Kenya
Egypt
June
Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Croatia
Italy
July
Switzerland
France
Russia
August
India
September
Thailand
October
Cambodia
Malaysia
China
October/November
USA (California, New York, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Florida)
November
Puerto Rico
Costa Rica
Peru
November/December
Argentina
December
Brazil
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