A nine-pound Yorkshire Terrier mix has defied the odds after surviving alone for two weeks in the California wilderness, avoiding traffic, coyotes and even a mountain lion before being rescued by volunteers.
Burt, a rescue dog taken in by California-based Shelter Hope just months earlier, disappeared shortly after being placed with a foster family in Thousand Oaks. His remarkable survival has been hailed by rescuers as a testament to his instincts and resilience after spending much of his early life as a stray.
