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9 puppies piled into kennel, shot on Christmas Day in Georgia

9 puppies shot on Christmas Day in Houston County (Houston County Sheriff's Office)

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies in central Georgia are searching for the person who shot nine puppies on Christmas Day.

Houston County Sheriff Matthew Moulton says on Christmas night, nine five-month-old puppies were piled into a kennel in Kathleen, Georgia and shot.

Of those nine, only one of them survived.

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Sheriff Moulton says he is personally offering a $500 reward for tips that can help them find the person responsible for “this type of savagery.”

The sheriff says tips can be placed anonymously.

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