Trials of Job have a happy ending

A year on from an ordeal that almost killed him, Job the dog has made an amazing return to full health.

In November last year, the SPCA found Job locked in a house which the tenant had left a week earlier. He was covered in weeping and bleeding sores, his eyes were closed with pus, and mange had left him with no hair on his body.

Now living with long-term foster parents in Tauranga, Job is in "ridiculously good health", said SPCA general manager David Lloyd-Barker.

"He is incredibly spoilt, with acres of paddock to run around in." MORE>>