PLYMOUTH, Mich. – After 19 puppies were abandoned in a park, people in Plymouth now want to know who did it and why they weren't taken to a shelter.
Julie Newman normally jogs with her two dogs and with her headphones on, but luckily not Wednesday morning.
"I'm jogging and I could see the box and then I could hear a little bit of yelping," Newman said. "So I peeked in it and there were all these little puppies."
It was 19 puppies about four weeks old from different litters. They were crammed in a urine-soaked cardboard box about the size of a refrigerator.
Newman, who volunteers at the Humane Society of Huron Valley, immediately knew something was wrong.
"I immediately thought they were dumped," Newman said.
Newman called her sister and took the pups to the Humane Society.
"I don't know what makes people do that," Newman said. "I know times are hard and a pet can be costly, but there are so many resources that you don't have to do that."
The Humane Society is now hoping for tips to find out who abandoned the 19 puppies.
Newman is just glad she was in the right spot at the right time Wednesday morning.
"As tough as it was to see that and to get involved emotionally, I'd rather have that than not be there," Newman said.