A woman in the US has been charged with animal cruelty after she was discovered trying to air mail a puppy from Minnesota to Georgia.
The puppy named Guess was discovered after the box fell off the counter as the woman was paying for 'high priority' postage.
'Clearly there wasn't a whole lot of thought that went into this,' said Angela Dodge of the Minneapolis Police Department in a CBS Minnesota news report.
'A puppy is a definite no-no,' said Pete Nowacki with the U.S. Postal Service.
'Apparently the puppy must have moved at that time and the box had shaken and fallen.
'At that point, the clerk and supervisor could hear a sound like panting coming from inside the box.'
Mrs Dodge added: 'They could hear it in the box; they opened the box and discovered a live puppy on there with no food or water.'
The woman, who had paid $22 for Guess to be posted, wanted to transport the puppy as quickly as possible.
According to officials, she was sending the dog by post to a relative.
'The notion of putting a puppy in a box, putting them on a plane with no food, no water, no place to do their business, it's not going to work,' said Mr Nowacki.
'The puppy is doing fine. Champion has until Friday to make an appeal to animal control to get the puppy back. If animal controls says she can't have the puppy back, it will go up for adoption.'
The box had been wrapped, completely, sealing the air holes. If the box had been transported as planned in an airplane's unheated, non-pressurised cargo hold, Guess would almost certainly have died.
Mrs Champion was charged with animal cruelty. She has 10 days from being cited to appeal. If she declines or loses her appeal, Guess would go up for adoption.
The puppy named Guess was discovered after the box fell off the counter as the woman was paying for 'high priority' postage.
'Clearly there wasn't a whole lot of thought that went into this,' said Angela Dodge of the Minneapolis Police Department in a CBS Minnesota news report.
'A puppy is a definite no-no,' said Pete Nowacki with the U.S. Postal Service.
'Apparently the puppy must have moved at that time and the box had shaken and fallen.
'At that point, the clerk and supervisor could hear a sound like panting coming from inside the box.'
Mrs Dodge added: 'They could hear it in the box; they opened the box and discovered a live puppy on there with no food or water.'
The woman, who had paid $22 for Guess to be posted, wanted to transport the puppy as quickly as possible.
According to officials, she was sending the dog by post to a relative.
'The notion of putting a puppy in a box, putting them on a plane with no food, no water, no place to do their business, it's not going to work,' said Mr Nowacki.
'The puppy is doing fine. Champion has until Friday to make an appeal to animal control to get the puppy back. If animal controls says she can't have the puppy back, it will go up for adoption.'
The box had been wrapped, completely, sealing the air holes. If the box had been transported as planned in an airplane's unheated, non-pressurised cargo hold, Guess would almost certainly have died.
Mrs Champion was charged with animal cruelty. She has 10 days from being cited to appeal. If she declines or loses her appeal, Guess would go up for adoption.
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