WORCESTER, South Africa — The Jack Russell was a pitiful sight, with his fur covered in dust and his ears encrusted with dirt.Homeless and neglected, the little stray was often seen wandering the streets of Riverview, Worcester in the Western Cape. No one knew anything about him – whether he had an owner, where he’d come from or what his name was. Only one thing was certain: this creature wasn’t well.
He was always shivering, even on the hottest days. The dog caught the eye of Sergeant Zane Swanepoel of the Worcester police’s K9 unit when he visited Riverview to investigate a shooting. He noticed the animal limping along the road and when he returned to the suburb a few days later, he saw it again. When he could find no one to lay claim to him, Zane took him home and named him Snoekie – and just like that the sad stray had a name and a home.
