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Originally posted by CharlotteSometimes
Looks like you've taken a few ramblings on a website of highly questionable integrity as factual. The 'Rumour Has It' legend at the top of the page would indicate to most that the content to be found within will be at best ambiguous and inconclusive.

You've provided nothing to support that claim.

The fact that they bother with them in the first place would suggest that they do.

The letter purportedly originating from the French Embassy in Washington, which is essentially a pretty transparent example of damage limitation, proves nothing of the sort.

There's nothing to suggest that they haven't, other than the content of a solitary cheap, tacky, obscure website.

The people at Snopes are highly thorough at tracking down and debunking or confirming Urban legends. Each entry has a full biography so sources can be checked.

There is also a discussion forum and many other people out there assist in fact checking.

This is their FAQ page

The Wikipedia entry about Snopes

The reference to the legend "Rumour has it" seems to be grasping at straws, because Snopes has dared to question the hype of this story

Looking at the photo of the dog with a hook in its snout looks suspiciously like it has been photoshopped, due to lack of apparent tissue trauma where the hooks have pierced the skin, and apparently dragged.

I still remain sceptical.