{"id":67628,"date":"2014-08-28T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/67628\/pavement-puppies-rescued-by-gcn-and-spca\/"},"modified":"2014-08-28T11:23:51","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T09:23:51","slug":"pavement-puppies-rescued-by-gcn-and-spca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/08\/28\/pavement-puppies-rescued-by-gcn-and-spca\/","title":{"rendered":"Pavement puppies rescued by GCN and SPCA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two gorgeous puppies were saved from the clutches of illegal dog sellers, on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

GCN editor Melissa Hart noticed the men trying to sell the puppies at the corner of Castor and Ceres roads, in Primrose, on her way to work.<\/p>

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She contacted the Germiston SPCA and told them what was going on.<\/p>\n

Then, accompanied by GCN sales consultant Chantall Goosen, Hart returned to the scene to find the men still trying to sell the dogs.<\/p>

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Goosen asked the men how much they wanted for the puppies and was told R200 for both.<\/p>\n

Hart told the men that what they were doing was illegal and they said they needed to sell the puppies to get money for food.<\/p>\n

They added that they had been sent to sell the animals by one of their fathers, as he no longer wanted them.<\/p>\n

However, their tale changed upon arrival of Jade Nel, a trainee inspector at the Germiston SPCA.<\/p>\n

The men told Nel they had found the puppies walking around the settlement where they lived and had decided to sell them.<\/p>\n

It is believed that they stay in the Marathon informal settlement.<\/p>\n

Nel warned the men that what they were doing was illegal and they agreed to sign the puppies over to the SPCA.<\/p>\n

The little bundles of fun were taken to the society’s kennels, where they will remain in the pound for seven days, in case anyone comes to claim them.<\/p>\n

It is not clear at this stage whether the puppies were stolen from the informal settlement or from the suburbs, or if they did, in fact, belong to the men.<\/p>\n

If the puppies are not claimed they will be put up for adoption.<\/p>\n

The Germiston SPCA can be contacted on 011 825-5033 for more information.<\/p>\n