Starved dog given a Dickens name because he loved food glorious food
A starving dog dubbed Oliver Twist because he yowled for more food is looking for a new home.
The emaciated boxer cross was rescued by the RSPCA after he was tied to tree in a graveyard in Leyton, East London.
He was taken to the charity’s Harmsworth Animal Hospital, where staff discovered he weighed 17.8kg about half the ideal weight of a dog his size.
Vicky Coleman, dispensary supervisor at Harmsworth, said: “I have never seen a dog so skinny, it was absolutely horrendous.”
RSPCA appeal for information after a Jack Russell and a severely emaciated Lurcher are found straying in Dorset village
An emaciated lurcher that was days away from death has been found wandering the streets of a Dorset village along with a Jack Russell.
A member of the public found the two dogs straying in the wooded area at the rear of houses on Burnt House Lane, Bransgore on February 22.
Neither of the dogs were micro chipped nor wearing a collar and tag and it’s not known if they were previously together or found each other while straying.