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Shipment of thousands of chicks left in USPS truck. Overwhelmed shelter needs help adopting them
A Delaware animal shelter is trying to care for and rehome thousands of chicks that survived being left in a postal service truck for three days. Trapped in a warm enclosure, without food and water, thousands died before they were discovered on May 2, CBS affiliate WBOC reported.
Thousands of Chicks Left in Postal Service Truck Overwhelm a Delaware Shelter
About 4,000 birds were found dead in the truck, and 10,000 others were stranded there for three days, state officials said. The hatchery that shipped the chicks said it did not know why the shipment had never made it to its destinations.
First State Animal Center and SPCA in Camden has spent the past three weeks caring for the chicks and finding homes for them.
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