Eight puppies were left to an "unthinkable fate" after being tied to a tree at a former coal mine, with no clue as to who left them or why. The dogs, believed to be Caucasian shepherd crosses, were rescued from Ollerton Pit, in Newark, in a harrowing condition and taken to Jerry Green Dog Rescue for emergency treatment.
The North Lincolnshire centre received an urgent plea for help from a man who had found the puppies "starving, filthy, and covered in fleas" on Saturday. A spokeswoman for the charity told the Mirror : "Tied up and simply abandoned. Left to an unthinkable fate.