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Post by Tiggerwoos on Apr 18, 2006 20:46:34 GMT
Another story to put you off breeders for life, a sad story that happened on Sunday.
250 dogs found in filthy 40ft shed
Animal welfare rescuers have discovered 250 dogs crammed into a garden shed.
The discovery was made after the death of the 73-year-old breeder in West Sussex. Rescuer Lisa Gooch of Brighton Animal Action said the animals' living conditions were the worst she had seen.
The 250 Yorkshire terriers were kept in a 40ft shed with no windows. Six puppies were dead. The dogs were stuffed into tiny carrier boxes.
Miss Gooch said: "The carry boxes were full of excrement with the dogs wedged in at the top. They were dripping from the urine they had been lying in for so long.
"They were all absolutely starving and thirsty, but there were a lot that were just so weak they were on death's door."
The floor was covered with newspapers, up to knee height.
Worthing and District Animal Rescue Service spokesman Billy Elliott said: "They were almost walking as if they were crouching down, as if they had never stood up. They will need several baths before the smell goes away."
He has taken in six dogs and will have them neutered and microchipped, before they are house-trained.
Miss Gooch said of Sunday's find: "I've seen some awful things in my time but that was by far the worst. I will never forget it.
"People need to be aware that this sort of stuff goes on and people get away with it."
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Post by Gliondrach on Apr 18, 2006 23:09:46 GMT
I wonder how long the dogs were in that state before this person died? Perhaps they were ill for a long time and couldn't care for the dogs. But, you would think, they should have called someone in to look after the dogs. It beggars belief if they knew about the suffering but did nothing about it.
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Post by fezzarooooo on Apr 19, 2006 14:37:10 GMT
Naahh Gliondrach, I grew up on a farm and I'll tell you a lot of those poor dogs were born into that filth... we had a case like that here a couple of years ago, the woman wasn't a breeder she was just mad, it was a town house on a busy shopping street and when she died they found cat & dog carcases stuffed in wardrobes and everything, it was horrendous... I really do think people like that have to suffer from a mental illness to let it go on like that, how else could someone be that cruel for so long not to mention the stench?!
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Post by chenli on Apr 19, 2006 17:48:26 GMT
That sounds like a battery farm.
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Post by Gliondrach on Apr 19, 2006 22:39:45 GMT
There was a case not far from me a couple of years ago, where some horses were found in a shed. Most had to be killed. Their hooves were overgrown and twisted. The horses were just skin an bone. I don't recall what the sentence was for the scum who neglected them, but it wasn't enough.
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Post by chenli on Apr 19, 2006 23:03:54 GMT
The sentances are never enough ;_; I mean, you murder a human, about 20 years sometimes. An animal, sometimes less than a year, sometimes not even jail time, just a fine. Stupid speciest society.
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