Woman who tried to mail puppy (box with no air holes) won't get him back, puppy up for adoption

[Liberal_in_LA]

Nearly mailed puppy goes up for adoption this week


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/nearly_mailed_puppy_goes_up_for_whSKbFVudrHaFg9A4p7eYN

A puppy that escaped a possibly deadly trip through the mail and won the hearts of admirers worldwide will be available for adoption this week.

The city of Minneapolis says a drawing to adopt Guess, a 5-month-old schnauzer-poodle mix, will be held Friday. People who are interested have to be at the Minneapolis Animal Care and Control shelter, and animal control manager Dan Niziolek says he's expecting a line.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/02/15/national/a110048S05.DTL#ixzz1E3kMp0xO


Woman Tried to Mail Puppy, Now She Wants the Dog Back

(CBS/AP) A Minneapolis woman who tried to mail a puppy to Georgia is trying to regain custody of the dog.

Stacey Chapman was charged with animal cruelty after postal workers discovered a 4-month-old Schnauzer mix in a sealed box that had no air holes. Authorities say the puppy would likely not have survived if it was shipped.


Postal workers found the dog after the airmail package it was in fell off a counter.


The Star Tribune says Chapman, who's 39, will try to convince an administrative hearing officer on Monday to return the puppy to her. Chapman had to pay about $250 in fees for the city to kennel and care for the dog, named Guess.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20030734-504083.html


It was a week ago when a woman walked into a downtown Minneapolis post office to ship a birthday gift to Atlanta, when the box suddenly fell off the counter, all by itself.

"My understanding one of the postal workers picked it up and could hear panting inside the box," said Dodge.

Inside the box without air holes, food, or water, was the black schnoodle. The postal service said the dog would've been shipped by air, and almost certainly would have died.

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Mailed-Puppy-Alive-%26-Well-at-Minneapolis-Animal-Control-feb-1-2011

[FiveGoodMen]

1. She should have court-mandated psychiatric care.

[aquamarina]

2. Unbelievable, seriously, unbelievable.

[HughBeaumont]

3. Naw, it's perfectly believeable, sad as it is to say.

The wife deals with people like this almost every week at work . . . either sociopaths with no sense of right/wrong or just not very high functioning. I can believe someone would be this big an idiot and then top themselves by wanting the dog back.

[hamsterjill]

4. Seriously...I'd like to mail her somewhere!

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[Golden Raisin]

7. In a box with no air holes.

[Vinca]

5. Good! That's the sweetest little puppy and it would have been a crime to give him back.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. You folks will not believe what people ship

and good for those postal workers. well done boys and gals, well done.