RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Six three-month-old puppies are recovering after being abandoned outside of a vacant home in Raleigh, left in a crate with no food or water as temperatures were in the 90s.
“Seeing the images, you don’t realize how skinny they are, until you actually see them in person,” Nicole Kincaid, the founder and director of Perfectly Imperfect Pups Rescue, said. “They were just skin and bones.”
She knew she wanted to help.
“You collectively gasp when you see the pictures of these puppies, I was not at the shelter when they brought them out, but both fosters said they all teared up when they saw how skinny these puppies were, and how emaciated,” Kincaid said.
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After one puppy passed away at a local shelter, Kincaid called on her foster network to step in and help the pups. They were able to take two of the puppies, temporarily named Roo and Crunch Wrap Supreme.
“We’re literally nursing her back to health, so you’re part of a journey that’s pretty emotional,” Meaghan Doyle, Roo’s foster, said.