Gus, the World's Ugliest Dog, has died.Gus, a Chinese crested who had one eye and three legs, won the title of World's Ugliest Dog this summer.According to the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, Gus had cancer. He was 9.Gus was rescued from a bad home and went on to win the annual World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in northern California.
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Gus came from humble origins. According to the fair, his adopted family in Gulfport, Fla., rescued him after learning he was being kept in a crate inside someone's garage.He had one leg amputated because of a skin tumor and lost an eye in a cat fight.Gus' owner had said the prize money from the contest would be put toward the dog's radiation treatment.
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