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POLICE are hunting cruel pranksters who hurled a puppy out of a car window, injuring a woman in the process.

It is thought the puppy was already dead before it was thrown but victim, Edwina Peters, has revealed it was “still warm” when she picked it up.

The Shelley resident was struck by the puppy, thought to be a Staffie, as she walked along Huddersfield Road with her daughter Janine, just after noon on Thursday.

“It hit me on the back of the leg,” she said.

“It was just a shock – I just felt a thud on my leg.

“I thought it was a stone at first and then I looked down and I saw the puppy – it was still warm.

“It was beige, with its tongue hanging out.

“The puppy was quite chubby so the force of it was quite bad.

“My leg is a little bit bruised but I’m more bothered about the poor puppy.”

Edwina said the dog was thrown from a black car that had come towards her as she walked home from Armitage’s Garden Centre.

“It happened so quickly I couldn’t get the registration number, but it was quite a posh black car,” she said.

“I’m worried about what might have happened to the other puppies.

“I don’t know if they did it for a joke or not but I’m sure they must have seen us as we were walking up.

“I’ve been here for 31 years and I’ve never seen anything like this before.

“I don’t know why they did it but I can’t believe what they’ve done.

“I think it’s cruel – I hope they catch them.”

Pc Sally Baines, from Kirkburton and Denby Dale Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “The puppy was male and is thought to have only been a few hours old.

“It has been taken to a local vets to try and identify the breed and to be cremated.

“The car is only described as black and was heading towards Skelmanthorpe on the main Huddersfield Road.

“The route has been checked to make sure no other puppies have been discarded in this way and none have been found as yet.

“If you have any information about this very upsetting incident, please contact us at Kirkburton Station on 01484 436898 or by email on ea.kirkburtonnpt@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk

“You can also give anonymous information to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”