Sculpture Of Devoted Dog Who Stayed With Dead Master For 11 Weeks To Be Unveiled

April 9, 2009 - PRLog -- The remarkable tale of a dog who stayed by his deceased owner for 11 weeks on the wild Welsh moors is set to be immortalised, following a successful campaign to see a sculpture erected in the dogs honour.

This life-size bronze statue has been lovingly created by the Sculptress JOEL and will be sited at Garsdale Station to celebrate the faithfulness of this Collie dog ‘Ruswarp’ (pronounced Russup.)

Mark Rand spokesperson for the Friends of the Settle to Carlisle Line said:
"It was important to mark this dogs part in history and through JOEL's sculpture we are able to do this.  

This sculpture is being placed at Garsdale in recognition of the tens of thousands of people and one dog who objected to the proposed line closure between Settle and Carlisle.  The one dog that protested was Ruswarp who marked the petition with his paw print and as a result of this petition the line stayed open.

I hope visitors to the area take time to admire the sculpture and learn of it's story, whilst also making use of this line that was kept open thanks to the support of people across the county - and one dog."

JOEL said:
“In 2008 ‘the Friends of the Settle to Carlisle Line’ approached me to create a life sized sculpture of this celebrated collie and after hearing the stories of the petition and the faithfulness of this remarkable dog, it was an honour to create and provide the bronze Ruswarp statue.”

“The sculpture is of a seated Ruswarp on Guard, alert and ever-watchful.  Due to my love of sculpting animals and my romantic side, this story and the scenery really inspired me and I hope visitors to this lovely part of the world will also see the sculpture and be inspired”  

This life-size sculpture is set to be unveiled on April 11th at Garsdale station in North Yorkshire on the stunningly beautiful Settle to Carlisle railway line, to celebrate 20 years since the saving of the line.

Ruswarp stayed by his deceased Master for 11 winter weeks and was so weak that he had to be carried off the mountain.  They were found on April 7th, 19 years ago.

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