A mother dog fishes her dead puppies out of a Tauranga
estuary, where they were dumped in a shopping bag in this
file photo. The black dog is thought to be the father.
Credit:NZPA / Supplied
A dog whose six puppies were drowned in a shopping bag
last month needs a new home.
The dog, Faith, howled for days after she fished her dead
two-day-old puppies out of an estuary at Welcome Bay,
Tauranga, where they were dumped and drowned.
She was seen running up and down the road with the puppies in
her mouth and with the shopping bag they were drowned in.
Another dog, thought to be the father, was also seen with the
puppies.
Tauranga SPCA inspector Jason Blair said Faith, an American
pitbull-cross, had been removed from her previous owners'
care and appealed for her to be adopted and given a loving
home.
Mr Blair said she should go to a home outside of Tauranga so
her old owners would not be able to get her back.
Anyone interested in adopting Faith can contact the Tauranga
SPCA.
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