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Originally Posted by ketters12  I don't know if people saw this in the news, but I couldn't find a specific link to this story that happened in February.
February 13, 2009-Working in cooperation with the Greene County Sheriff’s Department, the Humane Society of Missouri Animal Cruelty Task Force is rescuing more than 90 dogs living in filthy conditions on the site of an unlicensed, substandard dog breeding facility near Pleasant Hope, Missouri. The Greene County Sheriff’s Department issued a warrant that was served to remove the animals today.
The majority of the animals are believed to be Yorkshire Terriers. The animals’ kennels were observed to be covered with feces and urine. The animals appeared to have no access to water or food. Many of the dogs have severely matted, overgrown hair. Some appeared to be limping, possibly the result of living in cages with mesh bottoms which do not properly support the small paws of these dogs. YouTube - Humane Society of Missouri Rescued More Than 90 Yorkies from Substandard Puppy Mill YouTube - Rescued Yorkies from Substandard Puppy Mill-Specific Dog Case |
These are the
"Oprah Puppymill Yorkies". Many of these dogs were in such poor shape they lost their limbs from years of neglect and living in cages. If you go to the YTNR
Yorkshire Terrier National Rescue Adoptions and Shop they took in the very worst of these dogs. Look on their adoption page and you will see some of these little ones now. It is infuriating to me that this woman was able to get away with this! The little Yorkie that is running in circles will probably never be able to overcome the emotional damage that living in that cage caused to him.
What the videos do not address is the horrid smell that these poor little one continue to have even after being shaved down and the mats removed. The smell is literally in their pores and even after many bathes and being shaved down---you are still able to smell the filth! When a Yorkie's coat is allowed to overgrow and mat like that their skin starts to break down. They most likely had open wounds all over their bodies. The mats actually are capable of strangling their limbs to the point of loss of circulation and then amputation! That is exactly what happened to many of these babies~they are now in the care of YTNR with amputated limbs, no teeth from infections, some circle because that is all they ever knew. It is so beyond heartbreaking~~~~it angers me beyond words the way that these monster treat animals. It angers me as well that this is going on all over this country that there are making HUGE $$$$$ off of the backs of these poor dogs!