Three Emaciated Dogs Found Dead in Elementary School Dumpster

CONNECTICUT -- Authorities are searching for the person who left three dead and emaciated dogs in a dumpster at the North Windham School.

Windham Animal Control Officer Joan Lamont said a school janitor discovered the dogs over the weekend. They had been placed in a cardboard box inside the dumpster outside the elementary school at 112 Jordan Lane in North Windham.

They appeared to be starving and unkempt, with matted hair and long toenails, according to Lamont, who called the situation one of the worst things she’d ever seen.

It’s not clear how long the dogs had been dead.

Lamont said one was a Boston Terrier, another appeared to be a Yorkshire Terrier and the third breed has not been identified. One of the dogs had a microchip implanted but was not registered. None had a collar or tags.

Animal control officers are searching for the person or people responsible.

(NBC Connecticut - Mar 3, 2014)