World's ugliest dog dies after battle with cancer
November 11, 2008 8:40:50 am
- Associated Press
GULFPORT, Fla. — A one-eyed, three-legged dog that won the title of world's ugliest pooch this summer has died.
The St. Petersburg Times in Florida reports that Gus, a Chinese crested dog, had cancer. He was 9.
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Gus was rescued from a bad home and went on to win the annual World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in northern California.
Gus came from humble origins. According to the fair, his adopted family in Gulfport, Fla., rescued him after learning he was being kept in a crate inside someone's garage.
He had one leg amputated because of a skin tumor and lost an eye in a cat fight.
Gus' owner had said the prize money from the contest would be put toward the dog's radiation treatment.
(AP Photo/The Press Democrat, Crista Jeremiason, File)
Gus, a pedigree Chinese Crested from St. Petersburg, Fla, won the 2008 World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif.
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