A homesick sheepdog made a remarkable 380km journey home to his birthplace in Wales after escaping from his new home in Cumbria.
In an incredible story that echoes the classic story Lassie Come Home, 4-year-old working dog Pero is thought to have returned to the village of Penrhyncoch, Ceredigion by foot 12 days after escaping from his new owners in Cockermouth.
He turned up on the doorstep of his original owners Alan and Shan James limping and a little thinner than before, but in otherwise good condition.
To achieve the feat Pero would have had to travel an incredible 20 miles a day, potentially navigating busy motorways including the M6 and M62.
While the tale is reminiscent of fictional hounds like Lassie, who travelled hundreds of miles from the highlands of Scotland back home to Yorkshire, animal behaviour experts say it is not impossible that a dog in real life could make such a perilous journey.