<p>Golden retriever puppies found in bushes on the side of a road in Crete are safe after being taken in by a local shelter.</p><p>The pups were rescued by Takis Shelter</a>, a non-profit organization based in the Crete town of Ierapetra. The shelter is run by Theoklitos Proestakis, a former dentist</a>, who shared videos of the puppies’ rescue and progress to its Facebook page on August 28.</p><p>According to the initial post, the pups were left in the bushes for at least two days before they were taken into the shelter’s care. A second post states that the puppies are now “safe,” and that they are only 40 days old.</p><p>“If we will not be nice and protect animals and nature this planet will not have a future,” the post warns.</p><p>Both videos had over 20,000 views at the time of writing. Credit: Takis Shelter Non Profit Organisation via Storyful</p><br />
