A hound the world in 80 days: Meet Oscar, the canine globe-trotting sensation



Oscar is a dog without equal. This year, he travelled across an incredible five continents, 29 countries and stopped off everywhere from the Eiffel Tower to the Taj Mahal.



He was rescued from a South African kennel by Joanne Lefson, who is half-British, five years ago. In May the pair began an epic journey hoping to inspire millions to help save his fellow canines living as strays on the streets. After dodging crocodile-infested rivers, walking on the Great Wall of China and escaping Italian police, Oscar finally finished his tour last week.



The £250,000 six-month trip - which Joanne funded by selling her home - also took in an amazing 15,000 shelter dogs and more than 50 charity-run rescue centres. On their worldwide travels, Joanne and Oscar also handed out 15,000 dog leads to needy hounds donated by the parcel company UPS.

I've arrived at the woof of the world: Oscar the dog in Machu Picchu, Peru. In six months, he visited 29 countries on five continents



Nepal in a day's work: Oscar and his owner, Joanne Lefson, join the Kathmandu tusk force

Just call me the Eiffel terrier Topple that: Posing for a Pisa portrait in Italy

An Oscar-winning pose: Star billing beneath the Hollywood sign

So much Russian around... a rest in Red Square I'm knee-high to a Masai on the plains of Kenya

Thirsty work, this sightseeing: Where can a Giza get a drink around here?

Can you hear the echo? Must be the Swiss yelps Hello, me old China: A Peke at the Great Wall

We loved the Himalayas... but that mountain camel gave me the right hump

Wonder dog... lolling about outside the Taj Mahal in Delhi

Torch and go but we've reached New York

Who's yellow? A Costa Rican 'copter ride was all in my stride

Snout and about... Joanne and I tipped our hats to Thailand

We made it! End of the road in Rio

LIST OF COUNTRIES IN FULL

May

South Africa

Botswana

Namibia

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Tanzania

Kenya

Egypt

June

Greece

Turkey

Bulgaria

Romania

Hungary

Croatia

Italy

July

Switzerland

France

Russia

August

India

September

Thailand

October

Cambodia

Malaysia

China

October/November

USA (California, New York, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Florida)

November

Puerto Rico

Costa Rica

Peru

November/December

Argentina



December

Brazil