Puppy killer sought

Animal Control and the SPCA are on the hunt for those responsible for trying to drown five puppies.

The puppies were found tied up in a sack weighted down by rocks at Mokihinui Beach on the West Coast by a member of the public, Buller District senior animal control officer, Tracy Judd said.

Three of the huntaway-cross puppies were dead, and two were suffering from hypothermia and malnourishment, she said.

- NZPA