Puppies in Oman up for adoption

Muscat: Five orphaned puppies, who were found near the police station in Muttrah Souq, are up for adoption by the Omani Paws Rescue (OPR) group.
“They were found all alone in Muttrah Souq by the police station officials. A girl, who adopted them from OPR last year found them and contacted me; she went back to try and see if the mum was around for two days, but she wasn’t,” Nada Al Moosa, founder of OPR told the Times of Oman.
“The puppies are here with me until a long-term foster or forever home is found,” she added.
Although Al Moosa had posted information on the Omani Paws Facebook page about the puppies two days ago, there haven’t been any serious adoption requests so far. “No serious adoption enquires yet and no proper foster homes yet, and that’s why I brought them home,” she explained.
“There is another litter of seven at the new airport site, but we can’t take them as we don’t have “proper” long-term fosters.”
The note on the Omani Paws Facebook page said, “Five orphan puppies were brought to OPR last night they are at Capital Vets for now, we need FOSTER homes for them ASAP or unfortunately we have no choice but to let them go in peace!”
There are four female and one male puppy, and foster homes are still needed for them.
“The puppies are scared and they will need a foster where they get as much human contact as possible and preferably have other dogs in the house or be fostered in couples,” the Facebook post added.
“In different locations around Muscat, two puppies were rescued by gun shots, five were taken off the streets and seven are still near an office site. Two puppies were shot at the Wadi Kabir park and were brought to the clinic but didn’t survive,” said Krystal Brown, an animal rescue activist.