The Humane Society of the United States assisted the Hertford County Sheriff’s Office in rescuing 114 dogs and puppies in a large-scale alleged cruelty situation at a breeder’s residential property in Hertford County, North Carolina. Orange County Animal Services also assisted on-scene.
Local authorities served a search and seizure warrant on a dilapidated property consisting of a mobile home and several outdoor pens and yards at approximately 9 a.m. Though obscured from view by debris and an overgrown fence line, responders saw generally filthy conditions from the road and could smell feces. The dogs and puppies appeared to suffer from a lack of basic care and were living in unsanitary, hazardous conditions typically seen in severe neglect situations.
A veterinarian immediately noted that many of the dogs appear very thin and some are severely emaciated, with visible ribs and hip bones protruding. Responders noticed dogs eating feces. Several dogs had eye issues and some dogs and puppies had skin conditions characterized by missing hair, open sores and itching.
Rescuers saw multiple litters of nursing puppies throughout the property. A mother dog with matted fur and puppies—so young their eyes have not yet opened—were crated inside the residence, while other nursing litters of similar ages were outdoors in group pens, their mothers watching vigilantly over them.
The assistance of the Humane Society of the United States was requested by the Hertford County Sheriff’s Office after members of the community and individuals who reported buying sick puppies from the breeder raised concerns about the welfare of animals on the property.
Law enforcement, consumer protection agencies and the HSUS receive hundreds of complaints annually from consumers who have bought sick puppies from breeders and pet stores, as detailed in a report released earlier this month by the Humane Society of the United States’ Stop Puppy Mills campaign. These situations underscore the importance of choosing a responsible source when bringing home a new puppy.
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Where was this property located exactly?
This makes me so angry. People should go to jail!
Problem is, these breeders rarely receive much punishment if any.
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Thank you Humane Society
Omg this breaks my heart some people are pure evil
Can you keep them live for the rest of their life even no one to adopt them? Pleaseeeeee🙏🙏🙏🐕🐾
The animals don't get adopted that still continues giving love by us never giving up at all. I will be the world's for each animals life's beings to livings well peaceful and joyful happiness with all of your rescuers is my promises xoxoxo
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Humane Society CEO Wayne Pacelle has made over 4 million dollars and yearly makes 356k, only 1% of the money donated goes to shelters, you might as well just make your check out to Wayne Pacelle. Don’t be a sucker to these charities that use cute dogs to get your money. Wayne Pacelle is laughing all the way to the bank
until people wise up and STOP buying online and from pet stores….this will continue. So sick and sad. Rescue. Adopt….don't shop. every single mix and purebred can be found in a rescue or shelter with some time and patience.
I hope the monsters to made them live like that are punished. They dogs seem sweet and friendly, that will be good when they get adopted. I'm in tears, that was hard to watch.
This really looks more like a hoarding situation than a volume breeder (just going by the way the dogs didn't appear to be segregated in any way). I assume there must have been selling as well.
Shut it down! End animal cruelty.
The Los Angeles Times newspaper accepts money from breeders to advertise & sell Animals via their physical paper even though some readers have pointed out that their paper also writes about Animal Shelter issues 🤦🏻♂️
Such hypocrisy
My heart breaks! These people need to be punished.
Ma come si fa ad essere crudeli…con queste creature…l’essere umano fa schifo…grazie per tutto quello che fate🙏💙
These people need to be in jail!
Bawling as I watched the videos from this rescue! How can we adopt?
Belo trabalho em cuidar desses animais parabéns pela atitude que Deus abençoe muito vcs 😊😊😊