Overview
- More than 100 rescue dogs and their owners paraded through central London for a group photo outside Buckingham Palace as part of the growing annual event.
- The walk featured a Best Christmas Jumper competition, with Zoe, a disabled dog adopted from China through Eleventh Hour, winning the International Rescue best-dressed title with sleigh-themed wheels.
- Organisers May Wong and Teresa Keohane framed the day around an adoption-first message, stressing second chances for rescue animals.
- Proceeds benefited ZEM Rescues, which works with dogs from Greece, and Slaughterhouse Survivors, which focuses on dogs from China, with no fundraising total disclosed.
- Owners shared rescue stories spanning China, Turkey, Greece and Hungary, highlighting rehabilitation, inclusive care and the lives rescue dogs lead after adoption.