A mum has been reunited with the husky she was forced to give up after discovering her new loving owners had 'neglected her for years, leaving her emaciated and blind before cruelly dumping her'.
Shireen Rodgers bought Siberian husky Ely from a breeder as a two-year-old dog in 2016 and she was a beloved pet to her and her then three-year-old daughter for the next two years.
But after numerous complaints from the business below her flat about Ely's howling while she was out, the 29-year-old made the heartbreaking decision to rehome her with someone who would be home more.
Four years later, on January 14, she received a call out of blue from a vet in Blackpool saying an emaciated husky with her contact details on the microchip had been brought to them by a member of the public.
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