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Kennel dogs receiving treatment
Three terriers put down; more need rehabilitation.
Mike Penprase • News-Leader • February 19, 2009
Three of 93 Yorkshire terriers taken from a Greene County kennel last week have been euthanized because they were in such bad shape, the Humane Society of Missouri said Wednesday.
The dogs were put down because fur matting was so severe that it cut blood circulation to their legs and, in one dog, to its jaw, Humane Society spokeswoman Jeane Jae said . 
Several other dogs face having legs amputated, she said.
"Some of the matting was so bad they couldn't bend their legs," Jae said .
"Some of them will recover," Jae said.
Other dogs have less- serious injuries from matting but need rehabilitation that could take weeks, she said.
The dogs were taken to St. Louis after a raid on the kennel on Farm Road 26 was carried out by the Humane Society and the Greene County Sheriff's Office.
About 100 pounds of fur and what Jae described as "nasty stuff" was shaved from the dogs , and they will need further grooming.
Interest in adopting the dogs remains so high that the society is asking people to use a Web site to apply to adopt them, Jae said.
"We have been inundated with phone calls, so much that it has affected our phone system," she said.
The Humane Society intends to push for the prosecution of the people who kept the dogs, Jae said.
The Greene County prosecutor's office indicated Wednesday that charges are pending and that the case remains under investigation.