A dog discovered abandoned in a wooded area in Barnegat, N.J., has found a temporary home at the Associated Humane Popcorn Park Shelter while investigators continue their search for the person who left the animal there.
The shelter’s animal control officer was dispatched for a call of an abandoned dog. When they arrived, they found a young female Siberian Husky mix in a crate in a wooded area near a gun club, according to a statement from the shelter.
A man had spotted the crate as he was leaving the club, and when he went to check it out he saw the dog had broken out and was running around with a leash attached, officials said. He put her back in the crate and moved it out of the woods as he waited for the animal control officer to arrive.
The dog, now named Ginger, was wearing a pink collar but did not have not have any tags and was not microchipped, the shelter said.
Crated dog dumped in wooded area in N.J.
Investigators are searching for the person who abandoned the animal.
