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03-26-2008, 08:31 AM | #1 |
Ramsey little Devil in disguise Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here
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| [News] 16 dogs taken from ‘puppy mill’ in Unicoi http://johnsoncitypress.com/Detail.p...LNEWS&ID=62170 By Jim Wozniak Erwin Bureau Chief jwozniak@johnsoncitypress.com UNICOI — Describing the conditions as horrid and deplorable, Unicoi County animal control officers on Tuesday removed 15 Chinese Shar-Pei dogs and a cocker spaniel from what one said was a puppy-breeding operation in Limestone Cove. The county’s animal shelter already has found new homes for the dogs, said Leanna Dippold, the facility’s office manager. For now, though, the dogs are being housed at the shelter. The officers acted after the 56-year-old owner, who was in ill health, surrendered the dogs, which had been living in chain-link fence areas. No charges have been placed against her or her son, who more recently had cared for the dogs, Officer Estil Edwards said. Sheriff Kent Harris said he would not rule out the possibility of charges down the line. “She’s not able to take care of them, she doesn’t foresee being able to take care of them,” Edwards said. “My opinion is her health deteriorated so that she couldn’t tend the animals properly. Her son had supposedly been taking care of them (during her illness), but as we investigated, we saw that they hadn’t been doing so.” Edwards said all of the dogs have been signed over to the Unicoi County Humane Society. Dippold said she contacted a rescue operation for the Shar-Pei breed and got word later that all 16 would receive new homes. Edwards contended the dogs have been mistreated and called this the worst animal case in which he has been involved. “They got feces in the pens,” he said. “It’s been in there for it looks like at least a year’s accumulation. Also when we investigated (Monday), part of them had a little bit of water (and) there were no food in any pens. The living conditions — they’re out in the weather primarily. They don’t have much of a shelter to be honest about it. They have houses, but they don’t have beds or anything like that to make them comfortable.” “I wouldn’t want to put you in a yard like this, so I don’t believe animals should have to live this way,” Dippold said. Edwards said the conditions have developed over the past year, but said the animals were taken care of until then. “It was a puppy-producing machine,” said Edwards, who indicated it appeared some of the dogs were pregnant.. “These puppies sold from $300-$400 each. It’s a puppy mill is what it’s really called.” A license is needed for such an operation, but the woman’s mother said the family did not have one, he said. Edwards said the sheriff’s department will investigate the situation. He was uncertain how long this operation had existed, but Dippold said some residents told her that it had operated for at least six years. Dippold said she discovered the dogs when she was heading back to the shelter after she checked on the welfare of a horse elsewhere in the Limestone Cove on Friday. She and Edwards came to the site Monday and noticed the extent of the problem. Dippold anticipates finding more of these types of cases now that the county has a shelter and more employees devoted to animal issues. |
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03-26-2008, 08:37 AM | #2 |
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| another sad story *sigh* When will it end?
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03-26-2008, 08:39 AM | #3 |
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| pitiful shar peis are so smart I wonder if they will ever forget |
03-26-2008, 10:04 AM | #4 |
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| How sad but the good thing is they are getting another chance in homes that will take care of them and love them. I am sure we will seeing much more about this in the future as people are being educated about what a puppymill is and turns the owners in when they see something is not quite right.
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03-27-2008, 07:06 PM | #6 |
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| This is so sad...But the good thing is that as time goes on, more people are getting educated about this. The fact that these stories are making the news is progress. |
03-28-2008, 05:17 AM | #7 |
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| So terrible. This is relatively not far from where I live. It makes my heart hurt. Those poor puppy dogs.
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05-28-2008, 12:11 PM | #8 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Johnson City
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| Oh my goodness! This is right where I live and I had no clue! It's crazy how things hit home when they are literally within 15 minutes of you!
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05-28-2008, 03:32 PM | #9 |
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| It's sick fact about puppy mills. I will say this I was once bind to that fact, but like many others I now see the truth. The more things like this come out the more people start to know. I'm just happy those babies can now go to loving homes and it wasn't too late.
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06-11-2008, 06:28 AM | #10 |
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| We live in such an advanced and fruitful country...If backyard breeds need to do this, why can't they at least comfort the animals? They all seem to have alot of land, can't they let them run around and get excercise...Provide a bed...Even prisoners get a bed !!!!!! I hate that it goes on...Stiffer fines need to apply and jail time too....I get emails from the humane society and petitions are always sent out to get signatures to control animal cruelty...I wonder if it ever gets seen by the gov. and something done...If more people made a stink about it, something would get done..........
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06-11-2008, 12:10 PM | #11 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
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| this just makes me sick to my stomach..
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06-17-2008, 12:41 PM | #12 |
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| I am glad that they were all rescued and will have a second chance to lead a happy, healthy life. |
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