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Ugliest dog champ dies in Florida


Published: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 4:24 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 11:53 a.m.

The one-eyed, three-legged dog that won the title of world's ugliest pooch in Petaluma this summer has died in Florida.


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In this June 20, 2008 file photo Gus, a pedigree Chinese Crested from St. Petersburg, Fla, competes in the 2008 World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma. The one-eyed, three-legged dog that won the title of world's ugliest pooch this summer has died, the St. Petersburg Times in Florida reported Monday Nov. 10, 2008. He was 9.
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The St. Petersburg Times in Florida reports that Gus, a Chinese crested, had cancer. He was 9.

Gus was rescued from a bad home and went on to win the annual World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair.

According to the fair, his adopted family in Gulfport, Fla., rescued him after learning he was being kept in a crate inside a garage.

He had one leg amputated because of a skin tumor and lost an eye in a fight with a cat.

Gus' owner had said the prize money from the contest would be put toward the dog's radiation treatment.

-- Associated Press


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