WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — The puppies rescued from a Wheat Ridge lodge room earlier this month are recovering and are up for adoption on the Foothills Animal Shelter.
The Wheat Ridge Police Division stated officers had been referred to as for a welfare examine at a La Quinta Inn on Feb. 1 when 11 puppies had been discovered inside one of many lodge rooms. Group providers officers arrived and located the almost dozen puppies in 4 kennels.
Wheat Ridge PD famous that the officers detected an “overwhelming scent of feces” coming from the room and kennels. The feces was reportedly smeared contained in the kennels and on the puppies’ paws, with one pet having an open lower on its paw that was “actively bleeding.”
Their former proprietor was issued a municipal summons for 11 counts of animal cruelty or inhumane remedy.
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Pet proprietor issued summons after 11 puppies present in Wheat Ridge lodge room
The puppies are up on Foothills Animal Shelter’s web site now for adoption, however Wheat Ridge PD emphasised, Foothills is simply in search of good properties with house owners who will really look after these puppies.
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