UK - Ice saves dumped Rottweiler puppies from death

February 10, 2009 - Four tiny puppies managed to survive being tossed into a canal because the water was frozen over.

These puppies were treated in the most callous way, thrown into the river in a black bin liner weighted down with a paving slab. It was just fortunate that the ice held otherwise they'd have died.

But the puppies, only a few days old, managed to survive the "horrendous act of cruelty" because the ice held their weight.

The animals, black and tan in colour, were saved in the nick of time, before hypothermia set in.

A passing walker noticed the stricken pups in the canal near the Don Valley Stadium last Sunday and alerted the authorities.

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