Beagle Abandoned Aged 10 in Horrific Condition: ‘His Heart Was Broken’ [Video]

A 10-year-old dog was abandoned at a local shelter, heartbroken and in a worryingly emaciated condition.

A video of Conrad the beagle resting on a bed in the wake of his ordeal was shared to social media by the Beagle Freedom Project, the world’s leading organization for rescuing dogs, cats, and other animals from laboratory testing.

Conrad was not rescued from a life of animal testing though but came from a similar background of neglect and abuse that left him in what a Beagle Freedom Project spokesperson described as a “horrific condition.”

“He was emaciated—one of the skinniest pups we’ve ever seen, and his teeth were completely rotted and infected,” they told Newsweek. “We know that whoever had poor Conrad before us was not giving him proper nutrition or medical care. His heart was broken—he was sad and confused.”

The ASPCA estimates around 3.1 million dogs enter animal shelters across the U.S. every year but few, if any, arrive in the kind of condition …