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HAVE HAPPENED, AS YOU SAID,
IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH
WORSE.
THANKS, TERESA.
TONIGHT MORE THAN 60
DOGS IN THE HANDS OF ANIMAL
CONTROL OFFICIAL AS AFTER
THEY WERE REMOVED FROM A
NEVER RESCUE SHELTER.
THE DOGS WERE LIVING IN
UNFILT CONDITIONS.
DUSTIN GROVER IS HERE WITH
WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY THE
OWNERS WON FACE ANY
CHARGES.
ERIC, CAR WHEREIN SHALL
THE PEOPLE WHO WERE RUNNING
THIS OPERATION VOLUNTARILY
HANDED THEM OVER.
[DOGS BARKING]
Reporter: DOGS BY THE
DOZEN FILLED MUNCIE'S
ANIMAL SHELTER THURSDAY,
ALL 63 TAKEN HERE REMOVED
FROM HERE.
A RESCUE SHELTER ANIMAL
CONTROL SAYS HAD GOTTEN OUT
OF HAND.
HE WOULDN'T GO TO
DETAILS BUT HE SAYS THE
OWNERS AGREED TO GIVE THEM
UP.
IN RETURN, HE WOULDN'T
PRESS CHARGES.
NOW WE ARE ACCESSING
THEM AND HOPING TO MOVE
THEM INTO PERMANENT HOMES
AND RESCUES VERY SOON.
Reporter: THEIR
CONDITIONS --
VARIABLE CONDITIONS.
SOME OF THE DOGS HAVE
VARIOUS WOUNDS ON THE
BODIES.
Reporter: THE PEOPLE WHO
LIVE NEXT DOOR SAID THEY
ARE SURPRISED.
I DON'T HAVE NO
PROBLEMS.
Reporter: THEY SAY THEY
WERE INVITED OVER JUST
MONTHS AGO.
IT WAS NOT WHAT I WOULD
EXPECT.
AS FAR AS CLEANLINESS.
IT WAS PRETTY CLEAN, I
MEAN, FOR HAVING DOGS.
IT SEEMED LIKE A
SHELTER.
Reporter: TODAY, ANIMAL
CONTROL DISAGREES.
I THINK WITH THE BEST OF
INTENTION AND EASY TO GET
OVERWHELMED AND NOT LET
YOURSELF GET THAT LEVEL AND
YOU CAN DO A LOT MORE HARM
THAN GOOD AND THAT IS WHAT
HAPPENED HERE.
AGAIN.
CHARGES FILED BECAUSE THE
OWNERS AGREED TO HAND THEM
OVER AND ANIMAL CONTROL
SAYS THE OPERATION IS NOT
ALLOWED TO RESCUE ANYMORE
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A
PERMIT WITH THE COUNTY TO
DO SO.
ERIC, KAREN, WE TRIED
CONTACTING THE OPERATION'S
OWNERS THIS EVENING AND
WERE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK
WITH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO LOOK AT THE FACES.
WHEN CAN WE ADOPT THE
DOGS.
ASKED ANIMAL CONTROL ABOUT
THAT.
ONCE THEY TAKE A LOOK.
THEY WILL PUT THEM UP FOR