 This issue was promoted in the "Evening Standard", and after the involvement of William Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme, permission was given for Judy to travel with Williams.She had a third and final litter of puppies during her time in Africa.After two years there, Judy was discovered to have a mammary tumour; an operation removed the growth, but a tetanus infection soon set in, and she was euthanized on 17 February 1950 at the age of nearly 14.