Published 19:51 IST, June 17th 2020

Fact check: Did Walter the meme dog die due to gunshot wounds in Philadelphia?

The post with Pana Walter being dead is doing rounds on the web. Fact check on whether the famous dog named Walter aka pana Walter died due to gunshot wounds.

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Remember bull terrier dog whose face was often used to make staring memes and is very popular by name of Walter or Pana Walter? Recently, a post stating that Pana Walter is actually de was making rounds on internet with some Instagram posts showing pictures of gunshot wounds to dog. Re on to know whole fact check analysis on same.

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Who is Walter dog, known as Pana Walter?

pup's name is Nelson and he is famously known as Walter in various memes that are me on him. bull terrier is also known by name Pana Walter. one famous meme that everyone must have seen is one where image has a close up of terrier's face. 

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terrier's face actually went viral in 2018 for first time when her owner uploed his pic captioning "When u open front-facing camera on accident". Take a look at tweet from 2018. 

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Did Walter dog die?

No, Walter is alive and healthy. All rumours about his death were shut down by his owner itself. It all started when a website named CelebritiesDeaths.com posted a pic of bull terrier laying on ground due to gunshot wounds. article n gained a lot of attention as name of dog was stated as Walter, but with a different spelling. 

Post that, many Instagrammers and Twitter users were seen posting condolence posts for orable bull terrier Pana Walter. However, when this post gained attention of Walter's actual owner, she said that Nelson (Walter's real name) is alive and pictures of de dog are actually of a dog named Billy. Billy was shot while he was protecting his owner from an armed robbery in Philelphia. Walter's owner furr clarified that terrier shown in image is alive as well. 

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Whose pictures were being spre n?

owner of famous dog Walter aka Pana Walter aka Nelson mentioned that dog whose pictures are circulating is actually a bull terrier named Billy and he is on his way to a complete recovery. See post that Walter's owner uploed.

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Google Trends analysis

Here is proof according to Google Trends analysis stating how massively people were searching about ir beloved dog Pana Walter. Google trends state that people were searching for terrier dog most on June 15th. 

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19:51 IST, June 17th 2020