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Simona Kitanovska

RARE PHOTOS: Adopted rescue dog infects woman with rare scary disease - The Real Truth

Wendy Hayes' five dogs pictured in an undated photo. Hayes' dogs had to be put down after they contracted Brucella canis from a Belarusian rescue dog she was fostering. (Wendy Wendy, SWNS/Zenger)

A heartbroken woman was forced to put down her five family dogs after becoming the first person in the United Kingdom to be diagnosed with a rare infectious disease.

Wendy Hayes, 61, was left with no choice but to euthanize her beloved pooches after they contracted Brucella canis from a Belarusian rescue dog she was fostering.

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