This Suitcase Full Of Puppies Is Not As Cute As It Seems

It is cuteness borne of skullduggery and douchebaggery. Here's the sad story of how these puppies came to such an adorable photo op.

The Blade, Dave Zapotosky / AP

This Tuesday, April 10, 2012, photo shows a litter of six puppies, and their mother, an English bulldog mix, at the Toledo Area Humane Society in Maumee, Ohio.

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Investigators say a man who tried to abandon six puppies by zipping them inside a suitcase and leaving it outside an Ohio business was charged after authorities found he'd left the luggage tag with his contact information attached.

A Toledo Area Humane Society officer filed two counts of abandonment Tuesday against the Toledo man. He's accused of leaving the canvas bag of puppies and their mother next to a trash bin behind a city business. Authorities say he was moving and had tried to sell the puppies

The Blade newspaper reports the Lucas County Dog Warden's office on April 4 picked up the bag of six puppies and their mother, an English bulldog mix.

Passers-by had found the bag and released the animals to wait for the warden's office.

But, To Reiterate, The Puppies Are Safe. Which Puppies? These Puppies.