Update Nov. 27: The 11 small animals found dead and skinned near Lower Macungie's Quarry Park have now been tentatively identified as foxes because of their teeth. Further testing is needed to be sure.
2:30 p.m. Monday Update: New information indicates the puppies were skinned, not shaved as originally reported.
Original report:
An atrocious discovery near a Lower Macungie park marks the latest of animal cruelty cases in the Lehigh Valley this year.
Eleven puppies were found dead with some partially inside a plastic bag off Quarry Road near Quarry Park around 4 p.m. Friday, according to state police.
Police are investigating and ask anyone with information to call 610-395-1438.
The puppy case may be connected to another disturbing incident in which a dog was found along Route 863 in Lynn Township in western Lehigh County earlier this month, WFMZ reports. The dog appeared to have been skinned and cooked.
The Lehigh Valley Pitbull Awareness Club is offering a reward for information about the puppy case. The club posted a notice of a $100 reward on its Facebook page and is accepting donations to increase the amount.
Cases of animal cruelty and neglect in the Valley this year include:
- A dog found dumped in a ditch in South Whitehall in July
- Fifteen neglected and wounded horses left in a field in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, in July. One of the horses was pregnant with twins, which did not survive.
- A dog shot to death in Lower Saucon Township in June.
Also, in Chester County, a dog was found burning inside a cage in September.
I do think, though, that if the cowards are caught, they will get a slap on the hand, a small fine, and a night or two of headlines, then go free to commit this again.
part of our hearts and families, I agree with Barbara and Diane, they do deserve lots of love, respect and protection. You are heartless person Mr. Black, I really hope you don't own an animal, I CAN TELL HOW MUCH YOU WOULD LOVE IT!
Apparently they were foxes not dogs. Does that change your mind?
You can't reason with the PETA wackos, tree-huggers, and fanatical vegans. To them, animals are, perversely, more important than people and it makes them "feel good about themselves" to be "better" than us "barbarians" who engage in such "primitive" activities as raising farm animals for food, hunting, and eating meat. They are (choose to be) ignorant of the facts surrounding animal husbandry or wildlife management. They ignore the fact that hunters spend billions of dollars every year on wildlife conservation and are the primary means of support for the overwhelming majority of conservation efforts, government and private. Wildlife control is necessary for the good of both humans and the wildlife. WIthout sufficient natural enemies, without hunting/trapping, most species will overpopulate to the point where there will be a huge die-off due to starvation and/or disease. Most of those folks won't "get it" unless/until their pets start disappearing and/or their children are bitten (or worse) by foxes, coyotes, etc. Foxes, coyotes, skunks, groundhogs, cats, and bats are rabies vector species ... and the series of shots required if bitten or scratched by one is NOT pleasant and is very expensive, but necessary since rabies is virtually 100% fatal once contracted. Rabies also spreads more readily when the vector species populations get too large because of insufficient controls, adversely affecting the animal population as well as the human population.
More below on "the horrors of hunting/trapping" for the benefit of all who care to actually base their reaction on facts rather than fuzzy-feel-good emotionalism.
You want your kids attacked by rabid foxes, coyotes, raccoons, etc.? They have to be controlled or they overpopulated and starve or disease spreads, thn they look for food (pets, kids, etc.) or because they get rabies. Hunters/trappers control the population (at no cost to public), and spend huge amounts of money each of dollars a year in license fees that are the primary source of support for wildlife conservation. They also, through organizations such as Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, The Wild Turkey Federation, and many others, donate millions more to wildlife preservation and wild lands preserves. Wildlife would be scarcer and far worse off without hunters.
But "puppies" made such a grabber of a headline! All the better to capture attention and get the wacko leftists all fired up. Didn't they teach you in "journalism" school that's what's important? /sarcasm off/