‘World’s Oldest Dog’ Contender Dies in France Aged 30
The Papillon toy spaniel was 30 years and five months old, and his birth date was verified in two registries, his carer said.
- On Thursday, Lazare, a French Papillon dwarf spaniel thought to be the world's oldest dog, died aged 30 years and five months, his carer announced on Friday.
- After spending decades with one owner, Lazare entered an animal charity's shelter when she died; single mother Ophelie Boudol, 29, adopted him last month and brought him home to her nine-year-old son and two cats.
- At 30 years and five months old, Lazare wore nappies, could no longer hear or see, and slept almost all day, yet Boudol described him as 'delightfully spirited' with 'such an endearing personality.'
- In an Instagram farewell, Boudol wrote that Lazare 'chose to take your final flight in my arms on the evening of 14 May' to rejoin his original owner, as Guinness World Records did not immediately confirm his record status.
- Bobi, a Portuguese Rafeiro do Alentejo, died at age 31 in 2023 as the recognized world's oldest dog, while a 2024 review found insufficient evidence to verify Lazare's age claim.
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More than 30 years old, this small butterfly spaniel born in 1995 was extinguished on the evening of Thursday 14 May near Annecy. It could soon appear in the Guinness Book of Records.
A French spaniel named Lazare, considered “the oldest dog in the world,” died at the age of 30, reported its owner on Friday.
A French spaniel named Lazare, considered "the oldest dog in the world", died at the age of 30, reported his owner this Friday. AFP contacted...
"Lazare, a 30-year-old butterfly spaniel, was probably the oldest dog in the world. Poorly sighted, deaf and suffering from osteoarthritis, he died on Thursday, May 14, and will be cremated," his mistress told TF1info. "Progress had been made to have the dean of canids registered in the Guinness book. - "He waited for me before dying": Lazare, 30, probably the oldest dog in the world, died in the arms of his mistress (Social Subjects).
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