Overview
- Lazare, a French Papillon spaniel, died in his adopter’s arms Thursday night, May 14, at an asserted age of 30.
- After his previous owner died, he spent about ten days at the SPA Annecy Marlioz shelter before Ophélie Boudol adopted him on April 16 in Villy-le-Pelloux.
- The shelter says it confirmed his birth date twice via microchip and France’s LOF pedigree registry, which logs purebred dogs, listing him as born December 4, 1995.
- Guinness World Records told reporters it received no application or supporting evidence before his death, so it has not evaluated or recognized a claim.
- The official benchmark remains Bluey, an Australian cattle dog who lived 29 years and five months, after Guinness withdrew Bobi’s title in 2024 over doubts about his birth record.