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Pregnant Dog Abandoned At Hillsborough Landfill

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 6, 2009

TAMPA - As the city was reveling in the festivities of Super Bowl week, someone discarded an 18-month-old basenji mix at a Hillsborough County dump, and the dog almost immediately gave birth to seven puppies.

The Humane Society of Tampa Bay is offering a $1,000 reward for information to track down the former owner of the dog, now named Anna.

The mother and her litter are at the Humane Society shelter and may stay there or be put with a foster family, said Marti Ryan, spokeswoman for Hillsborough County Animal Services. Eventually, they will be put up for adoption.

Animal Services doesn't put puppies up for adoption until they are 8 weeks old.

Ryan said authorities think Anna was abandoned at the solid waste site in the 8000 block of Linebaugh Avenue before dawn Jan. 28. Abandoning a dog is a crime, and Animal Services staff are investigating, she said.

"It's like saying the animal is worthless and garbage," Ryan said.

Anyone with information can call Animal Services at (813) 744-5660 or e-mail to info@hillsboroughcounty.org.

Neil Johnson

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