A dog had to be put to sleep after being abandoned and left in the snow. The elderly Staffordshire cross was found by a homeowner on December 17, according to the RSPCA
The dog was taken to vets and placed on a drip, but had to be put to sleep as her condition worsened. Deputy Chief Inspector Amy McIntosh said: “We suspect that this poor elderly dog may have been abandoned because her owners couldn’t afford to take her to a vet to have her humanely put to sleep.
“She was freezing cold as the temperatures had plummeted and was clearly in a very bad way. It was a very distressing sight to see an old dog - who presumably had once been a much-loved pet - suffering out in the cold like this.”
