A two-and-a-half-year-old dog is swimming the equivalent of the TT course to help raise funds for an island animal sanctuary.

Cyril, a podenco cross, will be swimming the equivalent of 37 miles in an animal hydrotherapy pool.

Caroline Cardona from Greenhills Animal Sanctuary said: ’One minute of swimming in the pool is the equivalent to Cyril swimming a mile.

’He will swim for a short amount of time and then have a break, and then swim again.’

Before the pandemic the staff at Greenhills noticed that his leg was sore and since then he has had an operation on his anterior cruciate ligament.

Since the procedure Cyril has been visiting Hounds HydroTherapy in Bride every Saturday to help him recover.

The sponsored swim will be held at the Bride pool at midday on September 19.

To sponsor Cyril visit PayPal.me/greenhillssanctuary