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OFFICIALS ARE ASKING FOR YOUR
HELP TONIGHT CARING FOR MORE
THAN 200 DOGS SEIZED FROM AN
ALLEGED PUPPY MILL THIS
WEEKEND. MOST ALL OF THE
ANIMALS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN
TEMPORARY HOMES.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BUSINESS
IN MAPLEWOOD CALLED "PEDIGREE
PETS"... BECAME OVER-RUN WITH
DOGS... THAT WERE IN BAD SHAPE.
ROB SNEED SPOKE WITH
INVESTIGATORS TODAY.. AND HAS
THE NEW INFORMATION..
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AUTHORITIES TELL ME THE DOGS
LIVED IN DISGUSTING CONDITIONS
JUST UP THIS DRIVE WAY HERE
BEHIND ME. I'M TOLD WHEN THE
DOGS ARRIVED AT THE
SHELTER...MANY OF THE
VOLUNTEERS ERUPTED IN CRIES.
IT'S VERY DEVASTATING TO THINK
PEOPLE COULD SLEEP AT NIGHT
AND THESE POOR DOGS WERE OUT
WITH NO BLANKETS OR FOOD OR
WATER. IT WAS HORRIBLE IT'S
STILL SO DIFFICULT FOR
VOLUNTEER RUTH ANN LABER TO
EVEN TALK ABOUT THE DEPLORABLE
CONDITIONS THESE PUPPIES WERE
IN WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE
SHELBY COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER.
THEY WERE PRETTY BAD. THEY
WERE REALLY SKINNY AND THEIR
HAIR WAS PRETTY MATTED
AUTHORITIES TELL US THE DOGS
WERE FOUND LAYING IN THEIR OWN
FECES AND URINE.THE SMELL WAS
SO BAD MANY OF THE RESCUE
WORKERS HAD WATERY EYES AND
DIFFICULTY BREATHING.THE DOGS
CAGES WERE STACKED ON TOP OF
EACH OTHER LIKE MILK CRATES.NO
IT'S NOT FAIR...NOT FAIR AT
ALL. NOT FAIR ONE BIT!THE PUPS
WERE ALSO VERY
MALNUTRITIONED....SOME OF THEM
EVEN NEEDING SURGERY.WHILE
OTHERS WERE SIMPLY FIGHTING
FOR THEIR LIVES.IT REALLY
EFFECTS YOUR HEART. YOU SEE IT
IN TV AND YOU THINK
YEAH...THAT'S REALLY SAD ILL
SEND SOME MONEY....BUT WHEN
YOU SEE THIS. YOU JUST WANT TO
COME IN AND LOVE TEN AND HIT
THEM AN GIVE THEN ALL THE LOVE
YOU CAN.LOVE AND áCARE THAT
DEPUTIES TELL ME THESE ANIMALS
NEVER RECEIVED FROM THEIR
OWNERS.AND THAT'S A REALITY
THAT'S MOST DIFFICULT FOR
LABER TO COME TO GRIPS WITH.I
GUESS BECAUSE I LOVE TE DOGS
SO MUCH AND IT'S SO HARD TO
BELIEVE PEOPLE CAN DO THIS TO
PETS.PETS THAT SHE PRAY WILL
END UP IN THE ARMS OF OWNERS
WHO TRULY LOVE THEM...SO THEY
NEVER HAVE TO EXPERIENCED WHAT
THEY DID IN THAT MAPLEWOOD
HOME.THEY NEED TO BE PUNISHED
FOR WHAT THEY DONE. THERE WAS
MORE THAN 240 DOGS THEY DIDN'T
TAKE CARE OF ONE BIT.RIGHT NOW
THE SHELTER IS ONLY ASKING FOR
MONATARY DONATIONS. YOU CAN DO
THAT BY GOING TO THE SHELBY
COUNTY ANIMAL RESCUE
FOUNDATION.REPORTING IN
MAPLEWOOD, ROB SNEED 2 NEWS.