Woman arrested after allegedly throwing newborn puppies in garbage bin

A woman has been arrested and is facing felony animal cruelty charges after she was caught on camera allegedly dumping newborn puppies into a garbage bin in Coachella, California.

Seven newborn puppies thrown into a dumpster are are alive and well thanks to a bystander who found them. GoSurveillance cameras caught a woman throwing out seven newborn puppies.

The puppies, estimated to be three days old, were wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in a recycling garbage bin. They would have likely died but a bystander fortunately discovered the puppies and kept the incident from becoming a tragedy.

Riverside County Animal Services said they were contacted by an employee with a Napa Auto Parts store after a passerby heard the puppies and noticed the bag in the trash. They arrived to find seven puppies and upon reviewing surveillance video saw a woman in a Jeep pull up on Thursday, April 18, 2019 just after 1 pm. She was carrying a plastic bag and dropped the plastic bag next to a trash dumpster and rove away.

The man found the puppies an hour later. Riverside County Animal Services wrote in a press release:

“Shortly afterward, a passerby, named John, rummaged through the trash and noticed the bag and brought it into the Napa store. If not for the Good Samaritan’s actions, the puppies may not have survived much longer. The mid-day temperatures in Coachella on Thursday were in the mid-90s range.”

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