URGENT: Gastonia, NC yorkies
 

I found this on craigslist and I will post more information as soon as I find out more.

40 + YORKIES IN DIRE NEED!!!! (GASTON)

Date: 2009-07-17, 7:13PM EDT
Reply to: see below

ATTENTION ALL DOG LOVERS AND ANIMAL SHELTERS
Over 40 Yorkies were taken from terrible situation. I don't know the condition of the dogs and am passing on this information to all. We have to act fast to save them. Network,network,network, people!

Peace and Joy

PLACE: GASTON ANIMAL CONTROL

TIME: ASAP THESE YORKIES ARE TO BE EUTHANIZED ON TUESDAY AT 4PM

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcie Bonar 704-914-7499 or email at buckeyepetlover@gmail.com.

The only window of opportunity to remove these dogs will be Tuesday from 11-4 pm.

Wow. Its hard for me to believe that they would put down 40+ yorkies just like that... unless they are all in horrible shape. Is there a rescue group that can be contacted near this place? I could keep a couple until proper homes were found but DH would kill me with 40! :D

Have you found out anymore information about these Yorkies?

Found out more info...they are only releasing the dogs to rescue...17 have been claimed already by a rescue....

Here is an article:

Animal Control removes 51 dogs and cats from woman's home | home, animal, mount - Local News - Gaston Gazette

I wrote to see how many Yorkies still needed to be rescued and said that I was with a rescue and would be willing to take some of them....

Will let you know if I hear anything... would be a long road trip...but well worth it....

I just saw this ad on craigslist and am trying to find out more. How do I find out which rescue groups have claimed any babies??

Thank you Tae1107 for the update. I have contacted the individual in the posting but I have yet to hear anything from Marcie. If someone is approved for adoption I may be able to help with transport, just send me a DM.

Thanks....I will let you know what I hear.....and if you hear anything let me know...

Jeannie YT member has said she would come with me to pick up any that they will release to Yorkies Inc....

I have no idea which rescue has already reserved 17 of them...if I find out I will let you know...

They are not open today...nor tomorrow :-( I am hoping they read emails/check phone messages on their day off as it is about a 12hr drive for me to get there.... or maybe other rescues closer will step up and take them.....

I really hope they will release some to YorkiesInc. I would be happy to take the ride to save these babies.... what a sad sad situation..

Update
 

This is from Marcie
URGENT! (CROSSPOSTING ONLY...I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO EMAIL DURING THE WORKDAY...
SEE CONTACT INFO TO RESPOND FOR HELPING THESE PETS BELOW:

All of the pets below are at Gaston County Animal Control in Dallas, North Carolina.
They were taken from a home (see article in Gaston Gazette below following pictures).
These pets are set to be euthanized at 8:00 am on Tuesday, July 21st.
Gaston County Animal Control will ONLY allow 501C-3 rescues to pull these pets. If you can help, please contact Lisa Benton at Animal Control at: 704-922-8677, take option beginning at 8:30 am Monday, July 20th. DO NOT LEAVE A VOICE MAIL MESSAGE as you must speak to someone ASAP and they are short-staffed and may not get to check messages before the
end of the day.

Animal Control will not open to the public until 11:00 am, and ALL these pets will have to be pulled from the shelter
BEFORE 4:00 pm. You can also send an email over the weekend to Lisa Benton at Animal Control at lbenton@gcps.org and put in the subject line "URGENT DO NOT EUTH TAG(S) #______ (you must put tag(s) numbers of pets you can take.

If you are a 501C-3 Rescue and need assistance helping these pets, contact the Animal League of Gaston County at 704-914-5467. Please be aware that there is no veterinarian on staff at this shelter...so ages given on AC website are not definite...there are no vaccinations, examinations, HW tests or temperament tests done by the shelter. There is no fees for 501C-3 rescues to take these pets, but you will be required to spay/neuter and vaccinate.

I pray these Yorkies can be rescued. Gaston County is a particularly horrible shelter as they still use gas chambers to euthanize instead of the more modern humane injection. :thumbdown

wow.. I hope the word is out and enough rescues come through on this one. That is a lot of little babies lives at risk here. Please keep us updated!

Oh my gosh, how sad!
I pray that all those babies can be rescued.

I've got to think that it would have been more humane to have left them in whatever situation they were in. They must have an incredible short period of time that they hold animals before euthanizing them. The question is why? Our county has a relatively small shelter and the county animal control holds them for a week to see if anyone claims them and then they go to the County Animal Shelter where they are held for as long as they can. Smaller animals usually are adopted quickly....the larger ones take more time.

Yorkies Inc is trying to still get some of the dogs...the problem that we are having is that we have a quarantine law here in MA...so any dog from a shelter/pound that comes into MA from another state and stays needs to be quarantined.... and we do not have our own facilty to do this

Rescues are working on transports...but none (as of yet) are really willing to work with any rescues in MA because of the strict laws here...

We are going to try to be as creative as we can...my boyfriend lives in RI so we are going to see what we can do with that....and looking in to see where we can maybe quarantine some of them...