Pug life: A South African woman has rescued more than 2,500 of the lovable ‘clowns of the dog world’

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A woman in South Africa has rescued more than 2,500 pugs over the years after she and her husband sold their house, lived in a trailer home for a while and generally reset their lives to help as many dogs in need as they could. Cheryl and Malcolm Gaw eventually established their pug rescue center in Johannesburg in 2010 because of an overflowing number of pups in their house. Cheryl Gaw, who is 63, says it was “never part of the plan” to be a 24-7 pug rescue service when they looked ahead to their retirement, but “the pugs won.”