Dog abandoned on Nashua Street in Leominster
LEOMINSTER - Police in Leominster are looking for a person who left a dog in a crate on the side of Nashua Street Tuesday morning.
"I focus on the fact that now we have this dog, and we are going to get her into a better life," said Animal Control Officer Julie Busa. "That's my focus."
It was about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning when a man driving on Nashua Street in Leominster spotted a dog crate by the roadside and something told him he needed to check it out.
"If he hadn't, I mean who knows what would have happened. She's tiny, it's freezing, it snowed last night," Busa said. "So we're very thankful that this person stopped."
That good Samaritan wants to remain anonymous, but he took the barely four-pound dog home and called it in.
After Animal Control posted the dog's picture on social media trying to sort out the circumstances under which she was abandoned, they were besieged with calls from people volunteering to adopt her.
But first, they'll try to figure out who dumped her on Nashua Street and why. Unfortunately, experience tells them that's a longshot.
"Social media is our biggest friend in these cases, hopefully someone recognizes it, but unfortunately most of the time the dog's situation never gets resolved," Animal Control Officer Todd Pickett said.
The law requires they wait at least seven days before putting her up for adoption, but animal control officers say the little dog's misfortune almost guarantees she'll find a loving home quickly.
For now, though, animal control is requesting that prospective doggie parents postpone their calls.