Seven-week-old smuggled puppy finds forever home
A puppy that endured a 26-hour-car journey from Slovakia to Dover at just seven weeks old has been give a fresh start in a new home.
Yorkshire terrier Elsa was smuggled to the Port of Dover in a box in the back seat of a car with little access to food or water. She had no documentation when she arrived in September but authorities seized her after suspecting she was under age.
The puppy was placed in the care of the Dogs Trust in the South East and has since found a new home with a family in Sheffield.
Owner Lynne Austin said: "She's settled in nicely and doesn't seem to have any ill effects from that early trauma."
