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<\/p>\nA man has been charged after allegedly placing three puppies into a bag and punching them near an Auckland train station on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Police said they were called to the scene near Parnell Train Station just before 7pm yesterday by members of the public, who reported seeing a man making threats to seriously harm the puppies in his possession, Senior Sergeant Dave Plunkett said.<\/p>\n
“Camera operators tracking the incident on CCTV reportedly saw the man put the puppies into a bag and punch them.”<\/p>\n
Shortly after, police intercepted the man on Cheshire St and arrested him.<\/p>\n
The puppies were taken to the Auckland City Police Hub before being transferred to one of Auckland Council’s animal management shelters for care.<\/p>\n
The puppies, believed to be four to six months old and of Staffordshire Bull Terrier type, appear to be bright and alert.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s senseless why someone would want to bring harm upon these young pups,” Plunkett said.<\/p>\n
He acknowledged the members of the public who immediately called police, “allowing us to prevent further harm”.<\/p>\n
A 44-year-old man was due to appear in the Auckland District Court charged with ill-treatment under the Animal Welfare Act.<\/p>\n
‘Needless suffering’<\/p>\n
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(Source: New Zealand Police)<\/p>\n
Auckland Council regional shelter manager Nikki Cripps called the incident heartbreaking but, unfortunately, all too common.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese puppies didn\u2019t ask to be born, and they certainly didn\u2019t deserve to end up in danger,\u201d Cripps said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf people would simply desex their dogs, we wouldn\u2019t see this endless cycle of unwanted litters and needless suffering.”<\/p>\n
Cripps said registration, desexing, microchipping and providing proper care “aren\u2019t optional extras \u2014 they\u2019re the bare minimum”.<\/p>\n
“If you can\u2019t commit to those four things, then you should not have a dog.<\/p>\n
“The cost of neglect isn\u2019t just a bylaw breach \u2014 it’s terrified, vulnerable puppies paying the price.”<\/p>\n
The puppies’ future depends on factors including a temperament test typically conducted on day four to assess rehoming suitability but is “also unfortunately limited by the shelter’s need to keep kennels available for incoming dogs”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been charged after allegedly placing three puppies into a bag and punching them near an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[50,51,67,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-49867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-auckland","10":"tag-crime-and-justice","11":"tag-headlines","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}