MOSCOW, May 1 — A month ago, Locky the mongrel puppy was left abandoned on the side of a road with her mother and six siblings. A month on she lies cradled in the arms of her new owner, thanks to an online scheme launched during Moscow's coronavirus lockdown. The dogs were rescued by the Odin...
Volunteer Elena wearing a protective face mask carries Locky, a 1,5 month-old mongrel puppy, to its new home in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, Russia April 29, 2020.
A month on she lies cradled in the arms of her new owner, thanks to an online scheme launched during Moscow's coronavirus lockdown. Staff said people had decided to take in 78 dogs and cats over the past week — among them Locky and all the other puppies — after seeing them on social media through the shelter's “Delivery Happiness” service.
Someone had also got in touch about Locky's mother Greta, herself only one and a half years old, and would be along to collect her in a day or so, the Odin centre said.
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