NJ Animal Shelter: Who Threw These Puppies In The Trash?

HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — The staff at the Hudson County-based Liberty Humane Society try to keep a positive outlook about the intrinsic goodness of the human heart. But unfortunately, that’s not always easy, according to a Thursday post from the animal shelter.

LHS staff reported that three five-day old puppies were found in a garbage can outside a residence on Pamrampo Avenue on the border of Jersey City and Bayonne earlier that day.

“Our ACO rushed them to us, and they have received medical care and are being bottle-fed, but they are far, far too young to be without their mother,” LHS staff wrote.

Anyone with information about the animals’ owner or about their abandonment can contact the Liberty Humane Society Animal Response Team at 201-547-4888.

According to Executive Director Irene Borngraeber, the LHS' Animal Response Team has certified animal cruelty investigators who are empowered to press charges for animal welfare violations in Jersey City.

“If we are able to obtain enough information through our investigation that's what we will do in this case,” she told Patch on Friday.

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The shelter reported finding a fourth puppy in another residential garbage can in the same area of Pamrampo Boulevard on Friday.

The puppy didn't survive, LHS staff said.

"If you live near Pamrampo and Old Bergen Road please check your property and call the LHS Animal Response Team at 201-547-4888 if you have any information that would help us find the person who did this," staff wrote.

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Photo: Liberty Humane Society