{"id":58023,"date":"2025-12-11T03:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T03:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/58023\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T03:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T03:51:10","slug":"abandoned-puppy-found-in-box-outside-pennsylvania-spca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/58023\/","title":{"rendered":"Abandoned puppy found in box outside Pennsylvania SPCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ctocswson14fzr00.jpg\" alt=\"Puppy left in box outside SPCA with heartbreaking note\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; A puppy was left outside the Pennsylvania SPCA in North Philadelphia with a note from the owner explaining a difficult situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Puppy found in a cardboard box\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-3646484b=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">The Pennsylvania SPCA found a cardboard box outside its North Philadelphia clinic on East Erie Avenue around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">The temperature was below freezing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">The box had a note indicating an animal was inside, said Gillian Kocher, the Director of Public Relations and Marketing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">Fortunately, someone spotted the box and alerted the staff immediately. Kocher said they brought it inside and found an adorable little dog inside, who was stressed and scared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-3646484b=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">The note left on the box explained the owner&#8217;s predicament.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">It read, &#8220;I have no other option. It&#8217;s either eviction or let the dog go. Today was my last day and my back is to the wall. She has all her shots. Her name is Tangi.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">Kocher said it seems the owner was forced into a situation they didn&#8217;t want to be in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">Tangi appeared well-cared for and loved, which makes the situation even more heartbreaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Tangi&#8217;s future\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">The Pennsylvania SPCA wants pet owners facing desperate circumstances to know there are other options besides abandoning their animals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">Kocher emphasized that resources are available to help keep pets in their homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">Tangi is currently on a 48-hour stray hold, which is protocol until Thursday at noon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-3646484b=\"\">After that, she will be up for adoption and hopefully find her forever home soon.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-3646484b=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/pets-animals\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-3646484b=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pets and Animals<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8211; A puppy was left outside the Pennsylvania SPCA in North Philadelphia with a note from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[139,28,30,29,6683],"class_list":{"0":"post-58023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-pennsylvania","10":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","11":"tag-pennsylvania-news","12":"tag-pets-animals"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58023","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=58023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}