Mississippi rescue dog finalist in national contest

A sad story about a Jackson stray dog has a happy ending that could be even happier with your help.

ISSUE OFPEOPLE MAGAZINE OUT THIS WEEK.WE WENT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUTLUNAS...WHO'S IN THE RUNNING TO BECOMETHE"WORLD'S CUTEST RESCUE DOG." THIS IS LUNAS.HIS OWNER SAYS HE LOVES TO PLAYBALL,EVEN THOUGH HE'S MISSING PART OFHISLOWER JAW.HE WAS FOUND AS A PUPPY IN 2014,INJUREDAND ROAMING THE STREETS INFONDREN -AND TURNED OVER TO CHESHIREABBEY ANIMALRESCUEOUR FRIEND CHANE WAS EATING ATCAFE OLE AND HE THOUGH SOMEONEHAD JUST DUMPED OUT A PUPPY ANDDIDN'T KNOW AND THEN ALL OF ASUDDEN HE WALKED UP TO HIM ANDYOU COULD TELL HE WAS IN BADSHAPE.THE RESCUE GROUP'S DIRECTOR,CHRISSYCHESHIRE TOOK THE INJURED DOG TOA VETFOR TREATMENT.NO ONE KNOWS HOW HE ENDED UPWITH ABROKEN JAW, BUT THEY SUSPECT HEWASABUSEDTHE FIRST TIME YOU SEE A DOGLIKE THAT, YOU THINK ABUSEBECAUSE HIS JAW IS BROKEN.

SOYOU THINK SOMEONE KICKED HIM ORHITHIM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

TWODAYS AFTER HIS RESCUE, JANEHALBERT JONES SAW THE DOG'SPICTURE ON FACEBOOK.

SHEIMMEDIATELY KNEW SHE HAD TOADOPT HIBUT THAT PICTURE JUST TUGGED ATMY HEART STRINGS AND I JUSTREALLYFELT, I THINK THIS IS SUPPOSEDTO BE MY DOGLUNAS' INJURY WAS TOO SEVERE FORREPAIR, SOTHE VET WAS FORCED TO REMOVEPART OF HISJAW.HE DEALT WITH PAIN AND ADAPTINGTO HIS NEWWAY OF LIFE AT FIRST, BUT NOW- HEPERFECTLY HAPPY AND HEALTHY.HE DOES MAKE A MESS WHEN HE EATSAND HE KIND OF HAS TO GET HISHEAD BACK SOMETIMES SO ITDOESN'T FALL OUT, BUT THEN HEEATSTHE MESS.

WHATEVER HE DROPS, HEEATS THAT UP TOO JANE'S FRIENDTOLD HER ABOUT THE PEOPLEMAGAZINE CONTEST FOR THE WORLD'SCUTEST RESCUE DOG.SHE ENTERED LUNAS, AND NOW HE'SA TOP 10FINALISTTHE CONTEST IS STILL UNDERWAY.SO THE TOP THREE WITH THE MOSTVOTES GO ON TO THE FINAL ROUNDTO BE JUDGED BY SOME CELEBRITYJUDGES SO, WE'VE GOT TO GET HIMINTHE TOP THREE.

WE NEEDEVERYONE'S VOTES.THE ISSUE FEATURING LUNAS IS ONNEWSTANDSFRIDAY.IF LUNAS WINS, HIS RESCUEORGANIZATION,CHESHIRE ABBEY, WILL BE AWARDEDONETHOUSAND DOLLARS.WE HAVE MASSIVE VET BILLS,PROBABLY ABOUT 12-THOUSANDDOLLARS WORTH, SO IT WOULD GOTOWARDS OUR VET BILLS THERE'S A LINK TO VOTE FOR LUNASIN THISSTORY ON OUR WEBSITE, WAPT.COM.YOU CAN VOTE ONCE A DAY UNTILSEPTEMBER 14TH.THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCEDSEPTEMBER30TH.