Plea for information after pups left to die on road

The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is appealing for information after a pair of puppies was left to die at the side of a road.

A workman discovered the terrier-cross puppies, Cupid and Valentino, on a grass verge of the Athlone Rd in Longford on the eve of Valentine’s Day.

He placed the tiny pups in his hat to keep them warm and called the ISPCA. Small enough to fit into the palm of a hand, the puppies were just a few days old and still had not opened their eyes.