article_snippet: A vet gave two heartbreaking options –
article_snippet: the pup should either be put down or face a gruelling leg amputation.
article_snippet: Experts couldn't be sure that the little dog would adapt to having just three legs.
article_snippet: I couldn't believe someone would hurt a puppy.
article_snippet: The vet's news was stark - put someone to sleep or operate.'
article_snippet: Many of the lives of dogs in death row who are in the local pounds, the ones that are due to be put to sleep are traumatised, injured, or sick and needing vet treatment. '