Abandoned dog finds new home in the UK
LUCKY, an unwanted Paphos dog, has found a new home in the UK with a TV producer thanks to wellknown actor Martin Clunes and the determination of a British expat resident and his wife, English-language [ South] Cyprus Mail reported this week.
Paphos resident Martyn Jones fostered the dog, aptly named Lucky, ahead of her trip to the UK. He told the paper that she is now living with Caroline O’Reilly, a TV and film script editor and producer in London.
Mr Jones said Lucky got “lucky” when when his wife, Russian expat, Katja, had started watching back-toback episodes of top TV show DocMartin starring Mr Clunes, which led to her watching another of his shows called AManandHis Dog, where the canineloving actor sets out to discover the relationship between humans and dogs.
“It showed his love and passion for these animals and we decided to try and contact him to see if he would adopt Lucky. We managed to track him down and he couldn’t, but he said he knew someone who could,” Mr Jones explained.
In a personal email to the couple, Mr Clunes said: “Lucky is such a beautiful girl and her story is so sad until you entered her life. I salute you both for all you have done and I know she is going to have a great life with people who are just as nutty about dogs as us.”
The actor paid for the dog’s flight to the UK while her new owner donated 200 euros towards her pre-flight health and veterinary check-ups.
Lucky was initially kept on a goat farm in Peyia and subsequently turned out onto the street by the farmer, said Mr Jones. She was found by three Peyia residents who began feeding her and gaining her trust, but then she was hit by a car and suffered a broken leg and ribs. The three residents turned to the local community to help with donations for her medical treatment.
After her treatment Lucky was fostered by the Joneses.
“My wife nurtured her back to health and I found her a new home in the UK and raised funds for her,” Mr Jones said, adding that he is now trying to contact other celebrities to see if they can help with his mission to help the unwanted dogs of South Cyprus find new and loving homes.