Colorado police: Nearly naked man on meth threw puppy into car

A nearly naked man who was using methamphetamine threw a puppy into a car in Pueblo early Sunday morning, according to Pueblo police.

The incident happened around 4:30 a.m. in the 400 block of South Santa Fe Avenue, according to police. The man approached a car that had run out of gas and threw a puppy into the car. The people inside the car — a woman and her daughter — called police.

Officers arrived to find the puppy hiding under the car. Officer Keegan Verdugo lured the puppy out from under the car by offering it some of his dinner, police said.

The man, who was wearing only boxers, told officers he’d taken methamphetamine for the first time.

“It didn’t go well for him and he was apparently hallucinating,” Pueblo police said in a Facebook post.

The puppy was taken by animal control and will “hopefully find a good home,” police said. The man, who was not immediately identified Sunday, will be charged with animal cruelty.

A witness to the incident took the woman and her daughter to get gas for their car, according to police, and they continued on their way after the incident.