World’s Ugliest Canine: A 2-12 months-old Burn Sufferer Named Peanut

He’s received a face solely a mom may love: Peanut, a rescue canine with unknown breed origins, was topped the World’s Ugliest Canine on the Sonoma-Marin Truthful in Petaluma, Calif., earlier this week.

The canine’s proprietor, Holly Chandler of Greenville, N.C., says 2-year-old Peanut is a sufferer of animal abuse and was injured in a fireplace, although he’s wholesome now, CBS experiences.

“He doesn’t have lips anymore,” Chandler says. “His eyelids are additionally gone, and so he can’t shut his eyes, so subsequently his eyes water. The tears drain into his nostril and so he has good little snot bubbles due to it. So it’s nice, that provides to his character.”

Chandler plans to make use of the $1,500 prize cash to assist pay for different pets’ veterinary payments and hopes Peanut’s massive win will name consideration to animal abuse, the Related Press experiences.

“He’s my child,” she stated. “I suppose I don’t see him day-after-day as being that ugly. However I suppose the judges thought so.”

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