Brookline 3-Year-Old Golden Retriever Mix Found Weighing 10 Pounds: Police Seek Help

BROOKLINE, MA —A 3-year-old Golden Retriever mix found wandering the streets of Brookline weighing just 10 pounds is recovering at Angell Animal Medical Center while Brookline police look for who is responsible for the emaciated dog's dire condition.

MSPCA Law Enforcement said the dog, who has been named Brooke, was found in the area of Newton Street and Clyde Street in Brookline last Wednesday.

"This dog was in bad shape when she came to us," MSPCA-Angell Animal Protection Division Vice President Mike Keiley said. "On a scale of one to nine, with one being extremely emaciated and nine being obese, she had a body condition score of one."

Keiley said the dog should weigh at least 20 pounds and was immediately played on a "defined refeeding program" to help build her strength.

"She's been stabilizing since," Keiley said. "We're optimistic that she may be able to leave the hospital early this week."

Brookline police are looking for information on the dog's owner.

Those who have information on Brooke can contact Brookline police at animalcontrol@brooklinema.gov or MSPCA Law Enforcement at mspca.org/tip or 617-522-6008.

"It's always hard to see loving animals like Brooke suffer so much," Keiley said. "We want to know how it got to this point, and we need people's help to do that."

The MSPCA did not say when, or if, Brooke will be put up for adoption for a loving and nurturing forever home.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)