There's some weirdness happening out in Troy.
Bill Laitner of the Detroit Free Press reports that since April a "mystery dumper has abandoned at least a dozen small-breed dogs, all in poor condition" near the PetSmart store on Big Beaver Road near Rochester Road. They have been emaciated and filthy with matted hair.
"If they'd just call us, we can refer them to a rescue group or the Humane Society; we just don't want this continuing," the store manager Nikki Taylor told the Freep.
Lattner writes:
On Monday, one dog was found at 6 a.m., two at 9 a.m., two more at 9:30 p.m., and yet another at midnight by a store employee who returned from home to check the area, Taylor said. Two others were dumped in April and one in May, she said. The store doesn't sell dogs, she said.
"We just want the public to know -- PetSmart's not a dumping ground," Taylor said.
