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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos
There is a dog abandonment crisis in the USA. Dogs dumped on farms and in rural areas, dogs locked in the house, shed or tied to the yard etc.
I doubt therefore the following would happen in the USA because it may not be newsworthy enough on a national basis: on national tv in New Zealand and in newspapers up and down the country (some on the front page) was the news that five puppies aged two-three months were pulled out from a stream in the North Island of NZ.
The rescuer phoned the police who arrive 30 minutes later taking the pups to the local SPCA. The cute pups will be put up for adoption. The rescuer wants one of them. This kind of offence carries a fine of $25,000 or six months in prison.
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Just FYI, stories like that make the news in the US quite frequently. Not only in newspapers but on TV too.
Abandoning dogs or cats is nothing new. It's been going on for years and years. It's just being reported more now. Sadly it's always been rather common for people to dump animals in rural areas, mistakenly beliving that someone would take them in or they would be able to fend for themselves.
Peggy