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Rescue: ‘Unicorn’ puppy doesn’t notice ‘tail’ growth on head

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The Southeast Missourian
Mac’s Mission animal rescue founder Rochelle Steffen holds a 10-week-old golden retriever puppy with a small tail growing between his eyes, dubbed ‘Narwhal,’ Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in Jackson, Mo. The puppy’s condition has led to widespread online notoriety and, Steffen said, a flood of adoption offers.
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The Southeast Missourian
Mac’s Mission animal rescue founder Rochelle Steffen holds a 10-week-old golden retriever puppy with a small tail growing between his eyes, dubbed ‘Narwhal,’ Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in Jackson, Mo. The puppy’s condition has led to widespread online notoriety and, Steffen said, a flood of adoption offers.

JACKSON, Mo. — A rescued puppy is attracting a lot of attention because of his resemblance to a unicorn.

The nearly 10-week-old puppy, named Narwhal, has a tail-like appendage growing from his forehead.

Narwhal was rescued over the weekend and sent to Mac’s Mission in Jackson, which specializes in fostering animals with special needs.

Mac’s Mission founder Rochelle Steffen says Narwhal doesn’t notice the extra tail and is otherwise a happy, healthy puppy. Although it looks like a tail, Narwhal cannot wag it.

Steffen says the rescue group has been flooded with requests from people wanting to adopt Narwhal since his picture hit social media. But he’ll remain at Mac’s Mission so his caretakers can be sure the tail doesn’t grow out of proportion to his face and cause him problems.

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