Four newborn puppies were found abandoned in a box along a walking trail in Harford County early Saturday morning, according to the Humane Society of Harford County (HSHC). While all the puppies ultimately received care, only three of the four puppies survived.

A passerby discovered the puppies in a box off Route 7 and Creswell Road in Belcamp, near the Riverside Apartments on Oct.18, when morning temperatures were in the low 50s, the organization said.

Newborn puppies Harford County Humane Society (HSHC)

The HSHC described the puppies as "only a day or two old and completely defenseless."

Without their mother or human intervention, the puppies had no chance of survival on their own, the organization said.

The person who found the puppies rushed them to the Humane Society, where sta

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