A Delaware animal shelter is working to find new homes for 8,000 surviving chicks that were left abandoned in a U.S. Postal Service truck for three days. Another 4,000 of the animals died.

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Thousands of chicks were found in an abandoned USPS truck Monday. Chicks mill around a stall at First State Animal Center and SPCA in Camden, Del., Friday, May 16, 2025.

Thousands of chicks that were found abandoned in a postal service truck after three days have be adopted. A Delaware animal shelter that was taking care of the chicks announced Thursday that over ...

Thousands of chicks were found in an abandoned USPS truck Monday. Chicks mill around a stall at First State Animal Center and SPCA in Camden, Del., Friday, May 16, 2025.

Thousands of chicks were found in an abandoned USPS truck Monday. Chicks mill around a stall at First State Animal Center and SPCA in Camden, Del., Friday, May 16, 2025.

The chicks were part of a 12,000-bird shipment left unattended in a truck at a Delaware mail distribution center for three days.