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Two puppies were found abandoned in a Queens dumpster with their muzzles wired shut in July
The dogs, Poppy and Petunia, received critical medical care and have fully recovered from their injuries
Both puppies found loving homes through the ASPCA Adoption Center in Manhattan’s Upper East Side
Two puppies who were found abandoned in a dumpster in New York City with their muzzles wired shut have healed from their injuries.
The pups, Poppy and Petunia, were rushed to an emergency veterinary clinic by the New York Police Department after being discovered inside a dumpster on Farrington Street near 31st Road in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, N.Y., on July 12, according to The New York Daily News.
The puppies were found in the dumpster with wire wrapped around their snouts. The canines had little chance of survival without the N.Y.C. resident who found them and got them help.
At the time of rescue, both canines were severely underweight and in agonizing pain, with infected wounds and exposed bone along their upper jaws, which they were unable to open because of their injuries.
Petunia in a cone, being held by a vet tech in a yellow smock
Credit: ASPCA
The dogs were later transferred to the ASPCA Animal Recovery Center in Manhattan, where they received multiple wound treatments, pain medication, and antibiotics.
Poppy, wearing a protective cone, lying on the floor
Credit: ASPCA
Photos released by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) show the recovering puppies wearing plastic cones as they nibble at plush toys, their muzzles crisscrossed with stitches and scars from where they had been wired shut.
“These victimized puppies were found in horrendous conditions,” said David Little, senior law enforcement liaison for the ASPCA, “heartlessly abused and discarded with no chance of survival if not for the good Samaritan who intervened and reported this alleged cruelty to the police.”
As they healed, they were fed a special diet of soft food and limited to playtime with soft toys to protect their injuries. “The ASPCA is grateful we could provide these puppies with the critical medical care they so badly needed to heal,” Little added.
On Aug. 14, the ASPCA confirmed with PEOPLE that both pups have found loving homes.
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