Vets urge public to dispose of face masks safely after dog’s lifesaving surgery

Becky Hammerton rushed her three-year-old dog Milo to the PDSA Pet Hospital in Bournemouth after she spotted it eating the mask which was tangled around a bone.

Milo the cockerpoo is recovering after emergency surgery to remove a facemask he had eaten (PDSA/PA)

A pet charity in the UK has called on the public to dispose of face masks correctly after a cockapoo needed emergency life-saving surgery after it ate one which had been discarded.

Becky Hammerton rushed her three-year-old dog Milo to the PDSA Pet Hospital in Bournemouth, Dorset, after she spotted it eating the mask which was tangled around a bone.