Severely emaciated dog recovering after being found in Brookline [Video]

The MSPCA and Brookline, Massachusetts, Animal Control are trying to identify the owner of a severely emaciated dog that was found in that community last week. Officials said a roughly 3-year-old golden retriever-mix was found on the side of the road near Larz Anderson Park in the area of Newton and Clyde streets on Jan. 24, and brought to Angell Animal Medical Center in Jamaica Plain. “She is about emaciated as you can be and still be alive,” said MSPCA Operations Supervisor Corinne Bourgoin, adding the dog was “quite literally skin and bones.”The dog was so weak when she was found, she could not stand or walk on her own. “On a scale of one to nine, with one being extremely emaciated and nine being obese, she had a body condition score of one,” said Mike Keiley, vice president of the MSPCA-Angell’s Animal Protection Division.“At that level of emaciation, her …