🐾 A lucky little bunch

It was a cold, stormy day in North Carolina. Employees at the Fayetteville Animal Protection Society came into work to find a broken dog crate secured with zip ties on their porch. 

On the crate was a hand-written letter: “Please help!" it said. "I found these puppies sadly after noticing a local stray dog that I would often feed when I could [was] dead … by the road … she had been hit by a car. I knew from feeding her she had puppies somewhere, and finally from searching where I would usually see her, I found them.”

• The note went on to apologize for leaving the puppies, but explained that the anonymous writer was homeless with no means of caring for the dogs. 
• “I just want them to be given the chance their mother like myself was never given,” they wrote. “Please do not think poorly of me but it felt wrong leaving them in the cold waiting on a mother that would not be coming home.”

Luckily, the shelter employees got there just in time. And while the puppies were all a little cold and hungry, they were otherwise in perfect health. 

❤️ A new beginning: All five puppies, now named Fortune, Kismet, Chance, Fate, and Serendipity to reflect their miraculous journey, will be put up for adoption soon to local residents.

But this story isn't quite over yet. The shelter and community are now working to identify the rescuer and help them get back on their feet.

In hopes of finding the anonymous rescuer, the shelter staff posted a message on Facebook offering for them to come in and visit the pups. 

• “To this compassionate individual, wherever you are, we want you to know that your act of kindness has not gone unnoticed,” wrote Jackie Peery, executive director of the no-kill, nonprofit shelter, on Facebook. “Your empathy in the face of adversity gives us hope and inspiration.”
• While she hasn't heard back yet, she is hopeful the mysterious rescuer will stop into the shelter and be able to get the assistance they need.