GULFPORT, Fla. — A one-eyed, three-legged dog that won the title of world’s ugliest pooch this summer has died.
The St. Petersburg Times in Florida reports that Gus, a Chinese crested dog, 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 in Northern California. He had one leg amputated because of a skin tumor and lost an eye in a cat fight.
Gus’ owner had said the money from the contest would be put toward treatment for the dog.
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