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Sat Jun 22, 2024, 05:18 AM Jun 2024

Meet Wild Thang, voted world's ugliest dog

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c511n9nqwd1o

Meet Wild Thang, voted world's ugliest dog

2 hours ago
By Rachel Looker, BBC News, Washington



Sonoma-Marin Fair
The Ugliest Dog winner Wild Thang and his owner Ann Lewis


Wild Thang, an eight-year-old Pekingese, has been crowned as the winner of this year's World's Ugliest Dog competition.

Held during the 2024 Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California, this year's contest included eight contenders - the majority rescues who came from shelters before finding their forever families.

Wild Thang, from Coos Bay, Oregon, has competed five times in previous World's Ugliest Dog competitions, but this is his first win.

Wild Thang's unique looks are due to a case of canine distemper when he was a 10-week-old puppy.

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