TONOPAH, AZ — In the middle of the Arizona desert, residents say dogs are being dumped more frequently than before, with no food, no water and no help.
Tammy Johnson has seen it firsthand. She’s been monitoring social media for reports of animal dumping in the West Valley near Tonopah and also runs a small animal shelter to help when she can.
“We’re getting a lot of calls, sightings with packs of dogs, lost dogs, dumped dogs, stray dogs,” she said. “It’s getting worse. You’re finding puppies in boxes. You’re seeing dogs being dumped off the highway as they’re driving.”
Tammy says her phone rings dozens of times a day with new reports from neighbors.
She believes, in part, that hard economic times are contributing to the rise.
Read the full story from ABC15 Arizona here.
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