A rescue dog that weighed the same as a baby hippo has shed the pounds – and found her forever home.
Bulldog Peggy-Sue weighed a mammoth 32.5kg – approximately the same as a ten-year-old child or a newborn hippopotamus – when she was brought to the RSPCA‘s West Hatch Animal Centre in Somerset.
Peggy-Sue was so large she struggled with walking, was susceptible to infection and overheating, and could not take a few steps without collapsing. To move her around, the West Hatch Animal Centre had to carry her in a crate from their van to her kennel.
But after being rehomed during the charity’s 2025
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