Villy-le-Pelloux (France) (AFP) – A French toy spaniel named Lazare thought to have been “the world’s oldest dog” has died aged 30, his carer said on Friday.
AFP contacted the Guinness World Records to find out if Lazare had held the record before he passed away on Thursday, but did not receive an immediate response.
Lazare, a Papillon dwarf spaniel with stand-up “butterfly” ears, was born on December 4, 1995, according to animal charity worker Anne-Sophie Moyon.
He spent most of his life with the same companion until she died and he ended up at the charity’s shelter.
Ophelie Boudol, a 29-year-old single mother, fell in love with the animal one year her senior at the shelter last month.
She had initially intended to find a pet for her mother, she told AFP, but instead ended up taking Lazare home to her nine-year-old son and two cats.
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