8 puppies abandoned in trash can
Pontiac, MI (US)Incident Date: Thursday, Jan 25, 2007
County: Oakland
Disposition: Open
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A homeless man fishing for empties in a trash bin found a surprise: eight squirming, brown fuzzballs. A sad start to life for the chow mix puppies could have a happier ending. They are now at the Michigan Animal Rescue League Shelter in Pontiac and will be up for adoption at a special Valentine's Day-themed event.
The Love Connection is 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 10 and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 11 at the shelter at 790 Featherstone.
Children from elementary schools in Pontiac and Bloomfield Hills made "Why I love animals" decorations for the event.
There will be refreshments, sweet treats and dozens of dogs and cats looking for new homes.
"It's a really fun, fun day for the animals and the people," said Michigan Animal Rescue League Director Kayla Allen.
It costs $190 to adopt a dog and $100 to adopt a cat. All animals have been sterilized and given age-appropriate shots.
The shelter takes in strays and animals whose owners can no longer care for them.
It's always crowded. Comfortably fitting 125 to 130 animals, there are now about 150 there.
An influx of litters in recent weeks means more than 40 puppies are available.
"We have been over capacity every single day probably for the last two years," Allen said.
A homeless man discovered the eight chow-mix puppies early Friday in a trash bin behind a vacant building on Paddock south of Perry near Centerstage, a hall that is used during the winter months as a warming center for homeless people.
The 6-week-old puppies were in a box sitting on top of piles of trash. Pam Porteous, who volunteers at the Michigan Animal Rescue League and works as the manager of a rescue group called The Animal Care Network, said another man reported that he saw someone put the box in the trash bin Thursday.
The man who found them brought them to the Michigan Animal Rescue League.
On Tuesday, the six female and two male puppies played and slept in a large pen.
One of the lighter-brown siblings looked startled after misjudging a jump out of a plastic box and landing on its head, with hind legs high in the air. It was a long way from where they were a few days ago. When they were found, the puppies were wet, cold and underweight. "They probably would have froze to death that night," Porteous said. References« MI State Animal Cruelty Map
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