{"id":56364,"date":"2025-12-09T17:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/56364\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T17:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:40:08","slug":"chihuahua-found-in-dumpster-sparks-animal-abuse-investigation-in-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/56364\/","title":{"rendered":"Chihuahua found in dumpster sparks animal abuse investigation in Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Scranton police are asking for the public\u2019s help as they investigate a possible case of animal abuse involving a small Chihuahua found discarded in a trash dumpster.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, the dog was discovered in the 500 block of North St. Francis Cabrini Avenue. Investigators are now trying to identify the animal\u2019s owner or anyone connected to the incident. Photos of the Chihuahua were released as part of the department\u2019s request for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the individuals sought are wanted for questioning as part of an ongoing investigation into how the dog ended up in the dumpster.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is urged to contact Scranton Police Animal Control at 570-780-1756. Tips may also be submitted anonymously through the <a href=\"https:\/\/new.tipsubmit.com\/...\/anonymous\/scrantonpa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">city\u2019s online reporting system.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 Scranton police are asking for the public\u2019s help as they investigate a possible&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-56364","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-scranton","9":"tag-scranton-headlines","10":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}