Wild Thang, an eight-year-old Pekingese, was once topped winner on the “World’s Ugliest Dog” pageant on Friday then years of competing for the name.
The dog from Coos Bay, Oregon beat seven alternative competition on the tournament hung on a fairground in on the Sonoma-Marin Honest in Petaluma, California.
Between the two of them a pug named Rome and a white-coated and mixed-breed rescue canine named Daisy Might, each 14 years vintage, join 2nd and 3rd park, respectively.
Wild Thang and his proprietor Ann Lewis have been awarded the prize of $5,000. In the meantime, Rome gained a prize of $3,000 and Daisy Might gained $2,000.
He has competed within the tournament 4 occasions prior to now and join 2nd park 3 times.
The contest has been round for almost 50 years and welcomes canines of “all breeds and sizes”, WION reported bringing up knowledge from the competition’s website online.
“The annual World’s Ugliest Dog Contest is not about making fun of ‘ugly’ dogs, but having fun with some wonderful characters and showing the world that these dogs are really beautiful!” the website online reads.
Lewis viewable that Wild Thang’s glance has been attributed to a illness which avoided the expansion of his tooth, depart his tongue striking outdoor his mouth.
He additionally suffers from a muscular condition in one among his legs.
Consistent with his bio, Wild Thang shriveled distemper as a pet from a rescue foster, and “barely” survived. Regardless of the entire demanding situations, Lewis described Wild Thang as a “healthy, happy Glugly (glamourous/ugly) guy”.
