Stray dog who raced 430 miles to a better home: Arthur latched on to an extreme sports team during Amazon race - and what happened next will melt the hardest heart

  • Team Peak Performance were sat down for a meal before a 20 mile trek in Ecuador when they saw a stray dog
  • Swedish group were taking part in the Adventure Racing World Championship through the Amazon rain forest 
  • Mikael Lindnord fed the animal a meatball before the team carried on - but the scruffy creature followed them
  • They tried to get rid of him, primarily for his own safety, but he refused to go so he became a fifth team member
  • The group of four decided to name him Arthur and have now adopted him and flown him back to Sweden 
  • Lindord said: 'I came to Ecuador to win the World Championship. Instead, I got a new friend'
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