Well its definitely not that they rescued it from some drugs baron to save its life and were scared to report it in case they were taken out by his 'boys'. I think the evil scumbags who did this knew exactly what they were doing and were trying to cover up the fact that they had knowingly starved this poor creature while bringing yet another chavvy scumbag into this world. I hope they rot in hell.
I'm relieved to see in this link that the dog wasn't tied up alone in the cold for very long. The time on the cctv link says 20.05 on 5th, and the landlord found him when he was walking his own dog, after hearing Hero barking, at about 20.30 on Wednesday. So about 25 minutes then, any longer and it could have been curtains. Hurrah for small mercies poor boy. It's been over a week now, hope there's some news on those women soon.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10102794.Starving_dog_abandoned_outside_pub/?ref=mr
The dog could easily have died, either of starvation or cold, or even after being rescued through being fed the wrong food or too quickly. Dogs suffering from starvation have to be very slowly brought back to being fed properly, as too much food given too soon can cause a failure of vital organs.