An animal shelter worker is drawing attention after discovering a litter of puppies left by the “Employees Only” entrance in San Angelo, Texas. Posting photos of the pups on r/mildlyinfuriating, the employee found the situation mildly upsetting because they claimed it had been cold the night before. While taking in abandoned pets wasn’t new to the shelter, over 10,000 people found the scene quite distressing.
Fortunately, all ten puppies have been tested and vaccinated and are now being well cared for at the shelter, according to hgrub, the employee who found them. At the very least, the spring weather only gets mildly chilly, so it would have been unlikely for the pups to freeze to death. “One time someone left a puppy in the crate in the winter and it was dead by the time my co-worker got there in the morning,” hgrub recalls.
One of the post’s top commenters from Kentucky claimed that random people, not the original pet owners, would bring in dogs they found tied to roadside trees. “ It’s heartbreaking,” they remarked. “But somehow people think that neutering a dog is ‘cruel.’ Heartbreaking to see,” another person responded.
Many Commenters Claim an Animal Shelter Is Better Than a Worse Alternative for the Puppies
Plenty of people expressed how, even though seeing unwanted baby pets dumped at a shelter is “infuriating,” it’s much better than the alternative. “It’s not out in the middle of nowhere or a canvas sack in the river,” says a Redditor. “That sucks but at least it gives them a better chance to live,” agreed a second.
OP shared in a comment how the hardest part of being an animal shelter employee is seeing animals they’ve cared for for months being euthanized because of the max capacity restrictions by the city. “I almost quit three times in the first two months,” they revealed.
Unfortunately, abandoning animals has always been a tragic occurrence worldwide, and the comment section of hgrub’s post shows only a fraction of people sharing their sad experiences. The only way people can help prevent this is, as one commenter recommends, “Spay and neuter, folks.”
