Heartbreak over a litter of six starving puppies found abandoned in a drain

Sploshing: woman reveals she spends $100 per week to smear desserts on her body

This starving pregnant dog was abandoned in a field and left to survive for days on her own

This abandoned puppy was too heartbroken to move and eat

An abandoned dog with a heartbreaking note was found wandering the streets

This abandoned dog was found tied to a fence with a heartbreaking note

Heartbreak over an abandoned dog that was once a ‘much-loved pet’

Heartbroken ‘new mum’ dog was taken away from her puppies and dumped in the park

Animal shelter was left heartbroken over an abandoned underweight dog no one wants to adopt

The abandoned pup who couldn’t cope with the stress of shelter life finds a loving owner

Abandoned puppy tied to fire hydrant for a whole week

This abandoned dog waited for his cruel owners for weeks without realising they dumped him

Shelter’s heartbreak over an injured suffering dog dumped on a festive night

Heartbreak as these unwanted old dogs were dumped in the shelter (VIDEO)

Heartbreak as a dog was discarded in a pillowcase together with 'soiled nappies'

The heartbroken family’s relief as their stolen dog is found a year later

Heartbreak as a dog was found dying in a house littered with rubbish, faeces and drug sharps

Heartbreak as a puppy found ‘tortured’ with a cable around his neck in a breeding house

An abandoned dog ended up becoming a Guinness World Record holder

This poor dog spent six years alone in an abandoned house as no one dared to rescue him

Shock and heartbreak as 117 extremely neglected dogs were rescued from a cruel hoarder's house

Heartbreak before Christmas: a dog was abandoned in blistering cold in December

Dumped senior dog's heartbreaking cry

This mother dog’s desperate cries saved her and her seven puppies from near death in a landslide (VIDEO)

Two dogs were heartlessly left to starve as their owners jet-setted on holidays

‘Screaming in agony’ dog was heartlessly abandoned in a bush