Every day it became a bit harder for rescue staff to watch Basher be ignored.

“It’s always heartbreaking to see the amount of animals waiting in rescue shelters, but Basher was especially difficult because we all had such a strong attachment to him and we just wanted the best for him,” Howard said. “As the months went on, though, we never lost hope that there was someone out there for him.”

Finally, 448 days after he arrived, Basher found his perfect fit, and the RSPCA Cornwall staff were overjoyed.

“The feeling was indescribable,” Howard said. “The team that worked closest with him were in tears when he left.”

Basher is already doing amazingly in his new home, where his family has taken extra care to make sure he’s comfortable and supported.

Though Basher once worried he was too big to have a place to call his own, he can now rest easy knowing that, to his new family, he’s just the right size.

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