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"Photos show two pit bull puppies about 5 weeks old abandoned in a bird cage on a Lancaster City street without food or water.\u201CI would like to see the person who this this. It makes you very angry,\u201D said Tracy Mendenhall, with the Lancaster SPCA.A veterinarian with the Lancaster County SPCA says the puppies suffered from severe mange and their immune systems were damaged to the point that the decision was made to put them to sleep.\u201CWe were advised by our vet that euthanasia was probably the best outcome. They had some other health issues and concerns,\u201D said Mendenhall.Now the attention has turned to finding who neglected and abused them.\u201CWe\u2019re just starting to get some leads,\u201D said Karen Dinkel, animal cruelty officer.It was after dark Sunday night when a neighbor found the puppies in the bird cage on the sidewalk at the corner of Green and Shippen streets.A worker for the organization for the responsibility and care of the animals was notified and brought the puppies to the SPCA.\u201CWe\u2019re seeing a lot more abandonment. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s the economy or people don\u2019t understand the responsibility of owning a pet,\u201D said Dinkel.A reward is being offered for information leading to the person responsible. The SPCA urges anyone who can\u2019t take care of a pet to do right by them.Susan Martin of the SPCA is putting up $250 of her own money toward the reward. She said others have called to offer reward money as well.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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