The skinniest dog an RSPCA rescuer had ever come across has undergone an amazing transformation - and is loving life in his new home.<br /><br />Luca the lurcher cross was described as a 'walking skeleton' when he was found by police after being tied to a lamppost in Barnsley, South Yorks, last April.<br /><br />He also had 98% fur loss due to an untreated skin condition and had a broken tail bone which was so badly infected part of it had rotted completely off.<br /><br />The 'barely alive' pooch was terrified and could barely move as he was so weak, the RSPCA said.<br /><br />The animal charity's inspector Ben Cottle-Shaw, who was sent to collect him, said Luca was the most emaciated dog he had seen which was still alive.
