Cops Stop Minivan With Puppies on Roof

— -- Dozens of calls poured into 911 dispatchers in northeast Ohio on Friday after drivers on an interstate highway saw a minivan with four puppies strapped to the roof.

The family was transporting the 3-month-old mixed breed pups from Ohio to Pennsylvania when police in Akron, Ohio caught up to them along Interstate 76, ABC News affiliate WEWS-TV in Cleveland reports.

The traffic stop was captured on dashcam video, which shows the cage on top of the van was partially covered with a tarp.

Akron Police Sgt. Kris Beitzel said the puppies seemed disoriented when officers arrived at the scene.

"They weren't acting like puppies," Beitzel told WEWS-TV. "I mean they were traumatized from having probably been on the roof of that car for probably at least an hour."

Beitzel told the television station the driver was not charged, but educated on the proper transportation of animals.

"The important thing is the puppies are safe, that he was educated today and that he will never do that again," she said.

The dogs were to be turned over to the Humane Society of Greater Akron, WEWS-TV reports.