Ravi Lucca Oliveira Santos Credit: Rip.ie
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17 Jan 2026
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17 Jan 2026
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Image via Leitrim Animal Welfare's Facebook page
The puppies were dumped near the Tarmon Bottle Banks in Leitrim and were left inside a coal bag.
The Leitrim rescue said, "The person who did this could have easily driven to our gates and ensured these puppies were safe.
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"If it was not for a kind member of the public stopping to check, these puppies could have been hit on the busy road or suffocated inside the coal bag.
They continued, "We have checked our surrender list...no call was made...no help was sought....this is inhumane....this is cruel and this is yet another case of puppies dumped after Christmas.
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