Newborn puppies left for dead in dog food sack Tallahassee, FL (US) Incident Date: Thursday, Dec 28, 2006 County: Leon Local Map: available Disposition: Open Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help! Case Updates: 1 update(s) available

Case ID: 10460 Classification: Neglect / Abandonment Animal: dog (non pit-bull) View more cases in FL (US) Reward: $2,500 Login to Watch this Case

Only one of the five newborn puppies left for dead in the woods in a dog-food sack Dec 28 night is still alive.

"He's eating better, going to the bathroom better," Kimmel said. "It's looking up, but that doesn't mean he's going to make it."

Three pups in the litter died between Dec 29 night and Dec 30 morning, said Nikki Kimmel, animal-care specialist at the Tallahassee-Leon County Animal Service Shelter. One of the American bulldog pups died overnight Thursday.

A woman called animal control after her sons found the dog-food bag filled with puppies about 8 p.m. Dec 28 in the woods off Charlie Ash Lane, near Oak Ridge Road.

Kimmel and another specialist each took two pups home on Dec 30 night. She'll care for the last puppy until he's ready to be adopted in about two months. She said the shelter received "a million" calls about the puppies Saturday.

After Kimmel removed the body of the remaining pup's sister, the 1-pound bulldog started screaming. Kimmel grabbed one of her daughter's stuffed animals and laid it in place of the puppy's sister. Kimmel said the pup stopped crying almost immediately. He was still sleeping next to the toy Saturday.

Workers ran tests on the four puppies to see if they had diseases and fed them with bottles all through Friday but had trouble keeping their temperatures up.

"There's no telling (what killed them) when they're that young," Kimmel said. "They could have been too cold for too long, too hungry for too long."

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Tallahassee Democrat - Dec 31, 2006

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