Frightened, hungry and crawling with fleas, two tiny puppies have been found abandoned at the top of Llanwonno mountain in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The pair of Patterdale Terriers, not thought to be more than a few months old, would surely have died had they not been spotted by a passing hiker.
Christened Bertie and Greta, they are now in the care of Hope Rescue in Llanharan. Staff there say the pups are the "latest victims of a growing ‘fake stray’ epidemic" which has seen owners deliberately dump their pets rather than reaching out to a shelter for help.
"We were very concerned about how the poor little souls had ended up in such a precarious place," said a centre spokesperson. "The terrain of the mountain means it would have been impossible for them to walk there, so we can only assume they were deliberately abandoned.
