Appeal launched after DOG found abandoned in discarded tent at Glastonbury
AN appeal has been launched after a dog was found cowering in one of the thousands of discarded tents at Glastonbury Festival.
Animal rescue workers are now seeking the owner of the lonely lurcher, who was found as the clean-up operation at the 900-acre site got underway on Tuesday.
Named 'Dolly' by officials - in tribute to this year's headliner Dolly Parton - she was discovered in one of the 5,000 tents left by revellers at the end of the festival.
Having been rescued from one of the site's open camping fields, she is now recovering at the Happy Landings animal shelter in Pylle, Somerset.
A spokesperson said: "How anyone could do such a thing is beyond me.
"She is a sweet natured older lurcher, and clearly very stressed to find herself in this predicament.
"We had hoped that an owner would come forward but there has still been nothing."
She is a sweet natured older lurcher, and clearly very stressed to find herself in this predicament.
A team of around 800 workers have started the mammoth task of clearing an estimated 11 tonnes of clothes and camping gear which were abandoned at the site.
A spokesman for the festival declined to comment but said pets were not welcome at Glastonbury.