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dog who was so badly neglected and malnourished that she even resorted to eating her own tail has made a remarkable recovery.It has taken months of love and care to transform Poppy, a two-year-old lurcher-whippet cross, from an incredibly thin soul, teetering on the edge of death and covered in lesions, to a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed pooch she is now.But roll back the clock a few months and following an inspection by a vet, Poppy was found to be so underweight that an injury to the tip of her tail could have been caused by her eating it due to extreme hunger, Staffordshire Live reports.READ MORE: Peter Kay fans go wild as comedian makes rare appearance at charity show after break Her owner was prosecuted by the RSPCA and banned from keeping animals for three years after she admitted to neglecting her pet.However, Poppy is still searching for a new home and a chance to enjoy life outside of kennels, and is currently staying at Alsager Animals in Need in Cheshire.Assistant animal co-ordinator Lisa Williams said: “Poppy was given a body score of one out of nine by the vet who treated her and we were very concerned that she wouldn’t make it through the night when she first came into our care – she could barely put one foot in front of the other.“Her legs were bent and twisted and because it was so cold and she had so little body fat, we put her under a heat lamp to keep her warm.“She’s a very brave girl and has battled a long list of other health issues since – a perforated eardrum, a phantom pregnancy, a large abscess on her spine, two partial tail amputations, two ear hematomas, the removal of cysts on her teats and on-going issues with her skin.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one

Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!Staff at the primary school where murdered Sabina Nessa worked are "consumed with grief" but are "putting on a brave face" to support the pupils she taught.Sabina, 28, was found stabbed to death near the OneSpace community centre in Kidbrooke, south-east London, last Saturday.Police believe she was attacked at random on her way to the pub to meet a pal and her body dumped in a meadow, where she lay undiscovered for almost 24 hours.Teachers at Rushey Green Primary School in Catford where she worked have been offered help from educational psychologists and headteacher Lisa Williams has spoken to classes.She had taught first-year children at the school, which has 600 pupils and about 70

School nurse Katherine Bateson, 42, was devastated when the surrogate changed her mind about carrying her baby. Then PE teacher Lisa Williams, 43, made an offer that changed both of their lives… It’s impossible to describe the heartbreak of infertility.