Valerie vanished during a camping holiday in November 2023 with her owners Josh Fishlock and Georgia Gardner. When strangers tried to help, she fled into the undergrowth, and her owners eventually gave up and returned home to the mainland.

After being missing for 529 days on Kangaroo Island in South Australia, Valerie, a miniature dachshund, has been safely rescued by Kangala Wildlife Rescue. The dachshund disappeared in November 2023 while she was on holiday with her owners in Stokes Bay,