A year after getting loose on Kangaroo Island, Valerie is still out there. By Victor Mather A dachshund lost in Australia is still alive after more than a year, and still apparently wearing her ...

Sixteen months after she first went missing, Valerie the miniature dachshund is still on Kangaroo Island and 'impossible to catch' Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on the People.com Morning Team.

A miniature dachshund, just 1 year old and weighing around eight pounds, appears to have pulled off a feat neither her owners nor rescuers thought possible: surviving for 16 months on a rugged ...