Abandoned pups, mom reunited in Pocatello

POCATELLO (AP) - Seven black Lab puppies abandoned in a southeast Idaho parking lot have been reunited with their mother who was dropped at the back of an animal shelter 50 miles away.

The pups and 2-year-old mother named Jan are doing well in a foster home.

The puppies were discovered in a cardboard box in Chubbuck on Dec. 7 and taken to the Bannock Humane Society in Pocatello.

The discovery the next day and a short time later the facility received a call from an animal shelter in Idaho Falls saying an adult lactating female had been left there with a dead puppy.

Officials said the surviving pups and mom immediately recognized each other.