DOGHELL: The fight pen where Haduken was rescued.
This unicorn is flying high.
At least one of the nearly 50 dogs rescued from a bloody Bronx dogfighting den in June has a new leash on life — living with a young Parkchester couple.
Named “Unicorn” by rescuers for a lump on his skull, the 2-year-old pup has seemingly recovered from a hellish existence that saw him go much of his life without seeing the light of day.
“He’s the sweetest dog I’ve ever met,” said new owner Angela Maysonet, 25. “I couldn’t believe he’d be used for dogfighting.”
The pit bull went through rehab before Maysonet and her fiancé, Antonio Cruz, 25, found him at the ASPCA Adoption Center on East 92nd Street last September. It was love at first sight.
“We were told about where he came from,” Maysonet said. It just made us want to adopt him even more.”
The couple also changed Unicorn’s name to “Haduken,” which is a ball of energy in the Street Fighter video game.
Cops collared Sanchez, a building super on Sherman Avenue, after discovering 47 dogs in stacked cages and a bloody makeshift fighting arena in the basement.
Seventeen dogs, including a 12-week old puppy, had to be euthanized. The survivors are at adoption centers across the northeast.
Sanchez was sentenced last week to one to three years in prison for animal-fighting, as well as charges of aggravated animal cruelty and criminal possession of a weapon.
Congress reintroduced legislation last month that would make it a federal offense to attend organized animal fights. Manhattan Democrats Rep. Jerrold Nadler and Charles Rangel are co-sponsors.