Florida authorities are looking for a couple who abandoned a mother dog and 11 of her puppies outside an animal shelter. Video of the incident shows that after dumping the canines, the couple reverses their pickup truck and drives away — all as the confused adult pooch looks on. (The puppies were initially inside a box when dropped off.)

The incident took place at the Walton County Animal Shelter in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.

In sharing the video, the Walton County Sheriff's Office said it is “hard to watch” and asks the public for help in identifying them so they can be arrested.

“Just before noon Sunday, a man and woman can be seen on surveillance video pulling up to the Walton County Animal Shelter. The two get out of a white F-150 along with a black dog,” the sheriff's office's statement said. “After sifting through donations left at the front of the building, the man places a box next to the front door and returns to the back of the truck to close the tailgate. The woman follows and the two leave.”

“It's at that moment the dog realizes she's been abandoned and left behind.”

Event though the shelter is closed to the public on Sundays, staff members were inside looking after pets left. Despite that, an hour went by before staff noticed “the momma dog peering through the windows of the shelter,” the sheriff's office said.

DeFuniak Springs, Florida
Dec. 19, 2021
Source: Walton County Sheriff’s Office

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