Homeless Man Writes Note Begging Shelter To Help Puppies After Mom Killed

A North Carolina animal shelter was recently met with a heartbreaking, yet hopeful, note next to puppies left at their doorstep.

The puppies were found outside the Fayetteville Animal Protection Society on Sunday following a big storm. Despite it being a heartbreaking scene, the note gave these employees a “glimmer of hope,” which they shared in a January 15 Facebook post.

The note was written by an anonymous rescuer who said he used to care for the mother of these puppies, but she, unfortunately, passed after being hit by a car. He knew she had puppies by the way she looked as he would feed her. So then began this man’s search mission to rescue the puppies.

After finding the little fur babies, he decided to drop them off at the animal shelter, kindly asking for help. The man is homeless himself and would not be able to take care of all the puppies. He figured the shelter would be the best option to keep them safe from the frigid temperatures.

“This story is a testament to the kindness that still exists in the world, even in the most challenging times,” the Facebook post reads.

The shelter applauds this man’s selfless act to help these puppies. They have invited the man back to visit whenever he wishes. They want to give him the proper thank you he deserves. The shelter also pledged to honor his heroic gesture by providing the puppies with all the care and love.

“When they first arrived, it was apparent that they were not feeling the best,” the shelter told Newsweek via Facebook messenger. “They were eating an inconsistent diet as strays, but since being put on quality food they’re acting more like puppies and are feeling much better.”

These puppies are still too young to be adopted at the moment. The shelter suspects they will be ready to go to their forever homes in a few weeks after they receive their vaccines, deworming, microchips, and spay and neutering, all of which might not have been possible if it wasn’t for this nameless hero.

U.S. Shelter Numbers

Each year, 6.3 million pets enter U.S. shelters, an average of 17,260 a day, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). The number of dogs and cats taken in by pet shelters hit 46,807 during January 2023, an increase of 1,744 compared to January 2022, the 24Pet “Shelter Watch Report” found.

Around 920,000 surrendered animals are euthanized every year. Shelters are striving to minimize euthanasia rates by promoting adoption campaigns, spaying and neutering programs, and behavior rehabilitation.

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