RSPCA investigate after dead dog ‘covered in wounds’ dumped at Lancashire recycling centre

The body of a dog covered in wounds has been found at a recycling centre in Lancashire, sparking an RSPCA investigation.

The emaciated brindle and white Staffordshire bull terrier was discovered at at the County Council’s Chorley Recycling Centre on Wednesday, 16 February.

The RSPCA believe the animal - thought to be five - had been involved in a fight before her death as she was found covered in puncture wounds that had been bandaged up.

"What’s not clear", deputy chief inspector Emma Dingley said, "is whether she has then died of those injuries, or whether her cause of death was something else.