Wednesday, 26 November 2014

Arthur, the stray who captured the world.



Team Peak Performance were sitting down for a meal before a 20 mile trek in Ecuador when they saw a stray dog.

The Swedish group were taking part in the Adventure Racing World Championship through the Amazon rain forest.

Mikael Lindnord fed the animal a meatball before the team carried on - but the scruffy creature followed them.

They tried to get rid of him, primarily for his own safety, but he refused to go so he became a fifth team member.

The group of four decided to name him Arthur and have now adopted him and flown him back to Sweden.
Lindord said: 'I came to Ecuador to win the World Championship. Instead, I got a new friend'.

See link for amazing pictures:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30194531



1 comment:

ADDY said...

I loved this story when I first heard about it and was so glad they took the dog back home with them. It would have been heart-breaking if they had abandoned it after all its loyalty to them.