The image of a dog without a head but still living normally, confuses many people and causes controversy in the online community.

The controversial image was shared by a user named @Fatchine on the social network Reddit and quickly went viral, then re-shared on many different social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram… shows an image of a dog, which appears to have had its head cut off and the cut has been sewn up with thread.

It is worth mentioning that this dog seems to be alive and well, even sitting still.

The image of a “headless dog” made netizens stir and caused a lot of controversy (Photo: Reddit).

This image has caused a lot of controversy in the online community. Many people think that this is just a composite image, because a dog cannot live after having its head cut off. Meanwhile, many people have put forward conspiracy theories and think that this dog is the product of some scary scientific experiment.

“It’s scary, who did this cruel thing to a poor dog? How can the dog live in this condition?”, a Reddit user commented.

However, the truth about the dog is not as scary as what netizens imagine. According to the photo uploader, who is also the dog’s owner, his pet had a tumor on his right leg, forcing veterinarians to amputate the leg to avoid complications.

The controversial image of the online community is just the moment he took when this 3-legged dog was turning his head back to lick his tail, but due to the angle of view, the dog looked like it had its head cut off. This person confirmed that the dog is still completely healthy now and gradually getting used to the state of only 3 legs, there is absolutely no thing about the dog having its head cut off as rumored by netizens.

To make it easier to understand the dog’s condition, a netizen even drew an illustration of the dog’s posture in a photo shared by @Fatchine .

An illustration of the dog’s posture in the photo shared by a netizen (left) and an image of a 3-legged dog in a normal position (Image: Twitter).

After the truth about the photo was revealed, many netizens said they breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that the dog was safe and no crime had occurred here.