More than 900 birds, rabbits, piglets, guinea pigs and other small animals were discovered in the back of a truck last Friday in Fresno. The temperature hit 107 degrees in the truck where the animals had no access to water. Animal control officers acted quickly. Amazingly, they only found 18 dead animals.
Source: Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2017 (paywall) and Fresno Bee, June 19, 2017.
Animal control officials think the animals had been loaded into the truck and prepped for sale. She said the critters were probably going to be sold the next day at a local flea market.
INSIGHTS: Without volunteers, animal control officers, veterinarians and technicians, more of these animals would have died. Hats off to Fresno County folks for doing a great job.