Brave Beatrix Archbold - the little Wearside girl who had a heart transplant - will star in an episode of Casualty.
Footage shows dehydrated dogs drinking continuously from a tap for minutes after they were abandoned by a woman, who later threatened to stab “anyone who tries to take her babies”.
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