An emaciated lurcher which was hours from death after being dumped in a hedge on Christmas Day was saved – by another dog sniffing her out. Shocking pictures show seven-year-old Rosie's ribs protruding through her skin and her body covered in puncture wounds.
The RSPCA say she had been “left to die” in a hedgerow on Spen Common Lane near Tadcaster, North Yorks, before she was found at 7.30am on Christmas morning. A dogwalker’s pet pooch sniffed her out and started barking for help.
The passer-by carried the starving animal back to her home nearby and immediately called the RSPCA who sent her to an emergency vet. Rosie was covered in a purple antibiotic spray which had been used to try and treat numerous puncture wounds on her body.
Rosie was put on a drip and has been receiving round-the-clock veterinary care ever since at a 24-hour animal hospital. Despite her appalling condition, she is making encouraging progress but an infection in her hind leg might mean she has the limb amputated.
