Dog whose puppies were drowned needs new home

Photo / Bay of Plenty Times

A dog whose six puppies were drowned in a shopping bag last month needs a new home.

The dog, Faith, howled for days after she fished her dead two-day-old puppies out of an estuary at Welcome Bay, Tauranga, where they were dumped and drowned.

She was seen running up and down the road with the puppies in her mouth and with the shopping bag they were drowned in.

Another dog, thought to be the father, was also seen with the puppies.

Tauranga SPCA inspector Jason Blair said Faith, an American pitbull-cross, had been removed from her previous owners' care and appealed for her to be adopted and given a loving home.

Mr Blair said she should go to a home outside of Tauranga so her old owners would not be able to get her back.

Anyone interested in adopting Faith can contact the Tauranga SPCA.

- NZPA