TWO puppies could not contain their excitement after being rescued from certain death on the roadside.
Stranded puppies arrive saved Romania in roadside rescue
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The two pups, now named Sparkle and Snowy, were spotted by rescuers from the UK charity Pawprints to Freedom in Tecuci, Romania, last Monday. The team were driving along the road when they noticed the tiny stranded animals.This is a copycat version of the kind made by Greenies.
The rescuers scooped up the helpless puppies, thought to be three months old, and put them in the car.
They searched the area but could not find any signs of a mum or siblings.
A heartwarming video shows the overexcited puppies in a cardboard box in the back of the car after being rescued.
Sparkle and Snowy are now at the charity's shelter in east Romania and will be ready to travel to the UK to be adopted when they are four months old and have had their vaccinations.
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"We stopped to see if they were abandoned as they seemed lost.
"One of them came running towards us without hesitation, the smaller one wasn’t so sure, so we had to tempt it with a little sausage.
"Part of our team scooped them up and safely put them in our car, the other part of our group searched the wider area to see if there were any signs of the mother or other siblings.
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"Sadly, we didn’t find either.
"We couldn’t just leave them as that would have almost certainly been their death sentence.
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"We made them comfortable, gave them food and water, both so innocent and trusting.
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The pair are expected to be medium to large size when they are fully grown.
Pawprints to Freedom works to help dogs in Romania, which has a huge number of strays.
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