French Bulldog craze sees influx of pets dumped at dogs' homes

A craze for French bulldogs and other specialist dog breeds has seen rising number of pets abandoned, according to the Battersea Dogs Home, which says growing numbers of owners cannot afford to pay vet billsIt comes after Britain's leading vetinary experts warned that the trend was fuelling the dangerous overbreeding of bulldogs, resulting in agonising deformities and birth defects.