DOG GIVES BIRTH TO ‘LIME GREEN’ PUPPY A dog has given birth to a puppy whose fur is a bright, garish shade of green. The unusual phenomenon occurred in North Carolina, US on Friday, when a white German Shepherd named Gypsy gave birth to a litter of eight puppies. The dog was in labour for three hours, her owner, Shana Stamey, told local news station WLOS . Everything about the birth occurred as one could have expected, apart from when the fourth puppy made his arrival. The puppy was peculiarly born with lime green fur, an occurrence that may have happened due to the “meconium” in the mother’s womb, which is the earliest stool produced by an infant mammal. "The puppy's green hue is likely to have been caused by meconium, a puppy's first faeces which may be passed ahead of birth, or placental pigments," Daniella Dos Santos, president of the British Veterinary Association . Ms Stamey said that while she knew the colour of the puppy’s fur “wasn’t h...