Puppies found in trash bag in Rocky Mount rescued

Three puppies are recovering after a Rocky Mount animal group said they were discovered in a trash bag over the weekend.
Posted 3/18/2025, 10:20:39 AM Updated 3/18/2025, 12:58:06 PM

THAT PERSON IS IN CRITICAL

CONDITION AT WAKE MED BRYANT IS

FACING

4 FELONY CHARGES.

>> THROWN AWAY LIKE TRASH 3

PUPPIES THROWN IN THE GARBAGE

ARE NOW RECOVERING. THESE

PUPPIES WERE JUST 2 AND A HALF

WEEKS OLD WHEN SOMEONE FOUND

THEM IN A ROCKY MOUNT DUMPSTER

LAST WEEK, THEY WERE IN A TRASH

BAG, ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICIALS

REACHED OUT TO FRANKLINTON

RESCUE ORGANIZATION. THE

PUPPIES WERE DEHYDRATED AND

HAD WORMS. THIS MORNING, EMMA

EVIDENCE AND ELIJAH ARE

RECOVERING IN A FOSTER HOME.

THE RESCUE GROUPS DIRECTOR SAYS

IT TOOK IN 100 ABANDONED

PUPPIES LAST YEAR ALONE.

>> IT NEVER GETS ANY EASIER.

MY MY HEART JUST DROPPED.

I'M JUST SO DISAPPOINTED IN

PEOPLE AND HOW THEY COULD DO

SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO TO AN

ANIMAL.

>> THANK GOODNESS FOR THESE

RESCUE GROUPS. SHANA SUMMER

SAYS THE PUPPIES ARE ALSO

DEALING WITH EMOTIONAL TRAUMA

AND SHE HOPES THEY CAN BE

ADOPTED IN A ANOTHER COUPLE

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