CHRISTMAS had an unhappy ending for poor pup Tarkus, who was tied to a tree with a pair of football boot laces and left shivering in the pouring rain.
The soggy 16-week-old boxer cross was abandoned behind houses on Staffa Crescent, Blackburn. The puppy was taken to the RSPCA's animal shelter at Altham, none the worse for his ordeal.
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