Ten puppies rescued after being tossed out of a car close to a Mission Viejo animal shelter final month will quickly be put up for adoption, officers mentioned.
A suspect tossed the puppies from a car and into some bushes about 2:30 a.m. on July 24 close to the Mission Viejo Animal Providers Heart, town mentioned in an announcement Wednesday.
Hours later, a volunteer canine walker discovered the puppies, which have been fortunate to outlive the night time in what officers described as “coyote nation,” in a vinyl pool.
The puppies have been simply 3 weeks previous. Officers advocate that puppies and kittens stay with their moms till they attain at the very least twice that age.
Animal Providers workers then nursed the puppies to well being and despatched them to a foster caregiver. Surveillance video on the middle captured a picture of the suspect, who was then interviewed by Mission Viejo police.
Mission Viejo Animal Providers will file animal cruelty prices in opposition to the suspected proprietor with the Orange County district lawyer’s workplace, officers mentioned.
The canine’ mom, Holly, was “situated, seized, and shortly reunited with all her puppies,” town mentioned.
All of the canine are wholesome and can quickly be obtainable for adoption.
Those that are incapable of caring for their pets can relinquish them at their native animal shelter.
