Remains of 4 dogs discovered in New Brunswick, RCMP investigating

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New Brunswick RCMP are asking for the public’s help after a hunter discovered the remains of four dogs near Lawrence Station, N.B.

The hunter, Justin Stewart, told Global News that he found the remains while hunting in a wooded area off Route 127.

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“I thought somebody had shot a fox or something, then I saw the collars,” he said.

“There were three of them tied together at the neck and a fourth one off to the side.”

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The bodies were partially hidden under a tarp and Stewart says that the one off to the side looked like it had been there longer than the other three.

“It looked almost fully decomposed,” he said.

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The West District RCMP are investigating to determine who owned the dogs and how they died.

Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call police at 506-466-7030.