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World's Ugliest Dog Dies

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Dog lovers are in mourning over the news that a Chinese crested hairless pooch, officially the 'World's Ugliest Dog', has died aged 17.

Miss Ellie, whose lopsided tongue stuck out of the side of her mouth, died at her Tennessee home, the Mountain Press reported.

Despite being blind in her final years, the bug-eyed pooch won Animal Planet's World's Ugliest Dog award last year.

Rescued by owner Dawn Goehring when she was seven years old, Miss Ellie ended up enjoying an unlikely career in showbusiness.

She starred in Animal Planet's Dog 101 and was featured in numerous commercials and television programmes.

She was also part of a troupe of dogs that Ms Goehring trained and which performed regularly at the Comedy Barn in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Miss Ellie had been set to travel to California this month to defend her title.

She also did a lot of work for charity, raising about £70,000 for the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley.

Ms Goehring said she is now planning on raising money to open a new animal shelter.

"I am going to make that my driven goal to do in her honour," she told the Mountain Press.
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In related news, cats are superior race.
 
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What?

A dog that's about to die, blind, etc. is given the World's Ugliest Dog title?

I feel bad for the poor thing
 
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A dog that's about to die, blind, etc. is given the World's Ugliest Dog title?
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I'm pretty sure they meant it as a term of endearment. As in a "Oh you lovable freak of nature and artificial selection" type of way.

My cat's pretty messed up looking too, anyway. Some things are so ugly they're actually cute, you know what I mean?
 
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Now the average beauty of dogs everywhere has increased. It's still sad though because the woman loved that dog, so good for her that she's making something positive out of a bad situation.
 
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There will be another ugly as **** dog for everyone to follow on twitter, just like Tyson the SUPER BRAVE LEGLESS BULL and whatever other stupid animal sensation crops up for about 5 minutes before dying and getting a Princess Diana level of mourning.
 
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Looks like a cycloptic gibbon.
 
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