chrisdyer published Four dying possibly drowned puppies found abandoned by Essex...

Four new-born puppies were found dead and dying by a ditch in Essex, with their umbilical cords still attached. The tiny spaniel crosses, thought to be just days old, were found by a passing member of the public in a ditch next to a narrow lane behind Benyon Primary School on Tyssen Place, South Ockendon on Saturday, October 4. Three were dead, but one was described by the RSPCA as alive and twitching when found. By the time an RSPCA inspector arrived they were all dead and the puppies still...