Seven helpless puppies are secure, heat and within the succesful care of Harbor Humane Society after surviving a horrible storm. Deserted with nothing however a cardboard field for shelter, the pups, who’re about 4 weeks outdated, withstood low temps, pouring rain, and howling winds earlier than being rescued by police.
Responding to a name from a very good Samaritan, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s workplace found the pups huddled in a cardboard field on the aspect of the street close to Holland, Michigan.
Harbor Humane Society says the decision got here simply in time, because the puppies couldn’t have survived for much longer. They arrived “soaking moist with low temperatures” on Saturday, November 5. As of Sunday, two of the pups have been nonetheless battling for his or her lives in crucial situation.
“It breaks our hearts that issues occurred this fashion,” Harbor Humane Society wrote on Fb. “Had they reached out to Harbor, we might have been greater than prepared to assist, and this harmful state of affairs might have been averted.”
“We by no means wish to see an animal deserted and actually won’t ever flip away an individual or pet in an actual emergency, even once we are bursting on the seams,” they added.
The shelter is presently coping with overcrowding with 207 cats and 45 canine on web site and 160 cats and 45 canine in foster care.
“We simply can’t sustain,” Harbor Humane wrote in a Fb submit on November 2. “We face the implications of Covid, of surgical procedure being halted early within the pandemic, and of vet practices having restricted operations for the longest time.”
Regardless of these hardships, the employees reminded the neighborhood that they’re there to assist in any method they will. Their objective is all the time to maintain pets at dwelling with their households and out of the shelter system.
As for the puppies, 5 are having fun with the nice life in loving foster houses, whereas the 2 crucial infants are within the care of an skilled employees member. Since they’re so younger, they aren’t but obtainable for adoption. For now, they are going to stay in foster care rising greater and stronger each day.
If you need to assist Harbor Humane Society cowl the prices of caring for the puppies and the opposite animal of their care, please take into account making a donation. Anybody with data on who deserted and endangered the helpless pups is urged to succeed in out to the shelter or the Ottawa County sheriff’s workplace.