RSPCA Find Thinnest Dog Ever

Tue, 16 Dec 2008

The RSPCA have found what has been described by a vet as ‘the thinnest dog ever’. Murphy weighed just 20lbs when he was taken from owners Martin Fairclough and Kathleen Angyal, who have been banned from keeping animals for 10 years after allowing their pet to develop skeletal and sores by not feeding him. The pair initially denied owning the animal, but have since been ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty to causing him unnecessary suffering by failing to provide him with an adequate diet . Murphy has since been rehomed and his weight has risen to over 16kg in three weeks.

RSPCA acting chief inspector Rachel Oprysk said, ‘This was one of the most shocking cases I have dealt with as an RSPCA inspector. When I first saw Murphy he was skeletal, certainly the thinnest dog I had ever seen alive, and was suffering from sores all over his body which must have been incredibly painful. For an owner to ignore their pet’s suffering in this way is unacceptable enough but to then hand them over as an abandonment and relinquish all responsibility is shocking. Murphy can look forward to the kind of Christmas he deserves this year, in a loving new home with a family that adores him.’

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