LAKEPORT, Calif. – Five puppies found last week in a Lakeport dumpster are the focus of a fundraising effort.
The six German Shorthaired Pointer mix pups were discovered by a driver for a waste disposal company while emptying a dumpster on Hill Road West near Lakeport on Thursday, June 28, as Lake County News has reported.
The puppies are about 3 months old, according to Lake County Animal Care and Control.
Five of the puppies tested positive for canine parvovirus, and one of them has died, according to Lake County Animal Services, a local rescue organization which is helping foster the puppy that has not tested positive.
Because the necessary medical care is expensive for the shelter, Lake County Animal Services reported that it has paid more than $500 to cover the puppies’ medication and intravenous fluids.
To make sure the puppies get the care they need and fully recover, the group has started a ChipIn account to raise funds to cover the rest of their medical costs.
The fundraiser, which ends July 28, can be found at http://lakecounty.chipin.com/parvo-pointer-pups .
As of Wednesday morning, the fundraiser had brought in $160.
Anyone with information about the pups and who disposed of them in the dumpster is asked to call Lake County Animal Care and Control at 707-263-0278 or the Lake County Sheriff’s Office’s nonemergency line at 707-263-2690.
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