Puppy Mill Breeder Needs to be charged with animal abuse
Puppy Mill - 147 Dogs Seized The animals were kept in dilapidated wire cages, many with several animals to a cage. What food that was available was also covered in feces and the drinking water was frozen.
Responding to a citizen complaint, rescuers said they found "row upon row of wire cages with dirt bottoms" and disintegrated tops that exposed the animals to the elements. They also found feces-covered food and bowls of frozen water. The Humane Society, the Douglas County Sheriffs Department and the Douglas County Animal Welfare League rescued 147 dogs. They also found an undetermined number of dead and injured animals.
The Humane Society says Missouri ranks No. 1 for the number of dog-breeding facilities and the number of animals produced.
Douglas County Sheriff Gary Koop doesnt know if the case will be presented to the county prosecutor for possible charges against the breeder. Koop didnt go on the raid and hadnt talked to his deputies by late Thursday afternoon. The rescue of the dogs took about five hours.
We petition that charges be filed and that this breeder have charges brought against her for her abuse and neglect
of these dogs.
