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Woman reunited with dog locked up in quarantine

A woman has been reunited with her husband's dog after it was caged in rabies quarantine when he died on their yacht.

Buttons the dog was left on his own after Colin Spiers, 71 from Llanddewi Velfrey, suddenly died after spending seven years sailing the high seas together.

Buttons and his owners travelled around the Mediterranean before the tragedy struck in May. Credit: Wales News Service

Jane launched a campaign to free him after hearing that he had been put into quarantine over fears he could have rabies.

The 17-year-old Jack Russell-Cairn terrier has now been released after spending two months caged.

We are just so relieved to have him back - we were worried he would die in quarantine.

Buttons was filthy dirty when he came home, he has worn away his elbows and his magnificent beard from lying on concrete.

He's had a very big bath and he's a bit happier, but very clingy and sad and he hasn't made a sound. I'm just hoping that by the end of the week we might see his tail wag.

– Jane Spiers, Buttons' owner

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