Officer Chace Hunton with the Little Rock Police Department was looking into reports of possible trespassing at an abandoned Arkansas apartment building last month when he heard muffled squeals.
Curious, he began to investigate where the noises were coming. He then found a litter of tiny blond, brindle and black puppies. They appeared to be orphaned or abandoned with no mama dog in sight and no people in the area, either.
“He thought to himself, ‘I can’t just leave them here,’ so he scooped them up, put them in a box, and took them home,” Julie Castle, a spokesperson for Best Friends Animal Society, told USA TODAY this week.
When he got home with the pups, his wife Hannah sprang into action, calling her friends in Little Rock and rallying the community.
“And sure enough, people answered the call, and it was like this puppy coalition had been formed in Little Rock,” Castle said. “All these folks stepped up and raised their hands and wanted to foster and save the lives of these animals.”