A PASSENGER bought a ticket to ride for a puppy .... then got off leaving him on the back seat of a bus.

The terrified mongrel was found cowering on the top of a double decker when the driver pulled into the depot.

RSPCA chiefs fear the timid collie-type dog was deliberately dumped and are trying to trace the owner or a family prepared to take in the abandoned dog.

The bus driver recalls someone buying a ticket for a dog on the town centre to Halliwell route on Friday morning but cannot remember any further details.

Anyone who recognises the dog or can offer him a home should telephone Bolton 506556.

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