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Simona Kitanovska

Adopted Rescue Dog Infects Woman With Rare Scary Disease

Wendy Hayes' five dogs pictured in an undated photo. Hayes' dogs had to be put down after they contracted Brucella canis from a Belarusian rescue dog she was fostering. (Wendy Wendy, SWNS/Zenger)

A heartbroken woman was forced to put down her five family dogs after becoming the first person in the United Kingdom to be diagnosed with a rare infectious disease.

Wendy Hayes, 61, was left with no choice but to euthanize her beloved pooches after they contracted Brucella canis from a Belarusian rescue dog she was fostering.

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