Starving dog jumps from third storey window and SURVIVES after owners left him to die in apartment

Emaciated pet survives after being abandoned for two months by owners

A starving dog left abandoned for two months has amazingly survived after leaping from a third floor apartment window in search for food.



The emaciated pitbull jumped from the window of an abandoned apartment in New Bedford, Boston, after her owners left her there along with her four-month old puppy.



Animal control officers say when they got into the flat, they found it flea-infested and with faeces all over the floor.



Survived: The one-year-old pitbull dog leapt from a third floor window in search for food after being abandoned for two months

Abandoned: An official said the tenants of the apartment in New Bedford, Boston, had not been seen for two months when the emaciated dogs were found

The one-year-old female dog broke its hip and back leg after leaping from the window, and was only saved thanks to immediate surgery from vets at nearby Cape Cod Vetinary Specialists in Buzzard's Bay, Boston.



The puppy is still recovering from going without food for so long, according to officials.

It is thought the apartment's owners had left the animals on their own without food for as long as two months.

The property manager for the building said the previous tenant had moved out two months before the dogs were found, but had no contact information for them.



Police in New Bedford and Animal Rescue League officials are investigating.



Officials who got into the dirty apartment also found a four-month-old puppy inside, which is now being treated for malnutrition

Surgeons were able to treat the one-year-old dog’s broken bones, but she will require ongoing monitoring in addition to a special feeding program to address the effects of malnutrition.



Animal Control Officer Emanuel Maciel described the apartment, saying: 'It was flea infested. The third floor was flea infested - feces all over the floor.



'Urine spots all over the floor, same thing on the first floor it was devastating to see the conditions these animals were living.'



Jennifer Wooliscroft, director of communications for the Animal Rescue League of Boston, told the Boston Globe: 'We see this too much.



'These dogs are often so resilient and nice when they really have no reason to be nice at all.'

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