Efforts underway to find homes for five puppies this Christmas

Animal Haven Ireland youngest volunteers, Aine and Cáit, with the recued pups.

Animal Haven Ireland youngest volunteers, Aine and Cáit, with the recued pups.

Five puppies abandoned in a remote woodland in Kerry were rescued hours before freezing temperatures set in that would have taken their lives.

The animals were abandoned in scrub woodland in the west of the county and were discovered last Monday evening as temperatures were set to plummet.