This 'ugly' puppy was stung by thousands of bees and abandoned - but that's not the end of his story

Stinger is a poor deaf pup who was abandoned by his owner after being stung by thousands of bees.

The unfortunate pit bull mix had an extremely bad reaction to the stings and was rushed to the vet, where it was also discovered that he was underweight and suffering from the contagious skin disease, scabies.

Things weren’t looking good for this down on his luck dog, until Carri Shipaila, founder of LuvnPupz – a rescue organisation – took him in.

Being able to get the medical care and TLC he needed, Stinger was able to pull through and is now loving life with his new owner.

“Stinger is an amazing dog,” Shipaila told Bored Panda, “He loves everyone he meets. He’s the perfect image of how people should see the breed; sweet, funny and full of life.”