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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Paige Freshwater

Eight puppies left to die after being tied to tree at former coal mine

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.

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