Dog found emaciated, locked in room

An emaciated dog found locked in a vacated Auckland house has appalled SCPA staff.

A Housing New Zealand employee found the starving animal locked in a room inside a house.

The dog, which had been severely mistreated before it was abandoned, was so disfigured by its ordeal its breed could not be identified, SPCA Inspector Vicki Border said. "We are guessing he may be a Shar Pei cross," she said. MORE>>