Acting on information from a local animal control facility
and working in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA), today
the Humane Society of Missouri Animal Cruelty Task Force rescued 36 Yorkshire
Terrier and Maltese, 32 adults and 4 puppies, from an unlicensed breeding
facility near Ozark, Mo. in Christian County.
The dogs
were living in deplorable conditions in the basement of the owner’s home.
The dogs’ crates were stacked on top of each other
with many of the dogs and puppies living in their own waste. The concrete floor was wet with urine. The
dogs appeared to be thin with coats matted with feces and urine. The only
available water and food for the animals was contaminated with feces.
The owner agreed to voluntarily surrender the animals to the Missouri
Department of Agriculture, which immediately transferred permanent custody to
the Humane Society of Missouri for veterinary treatment and sheltering.
The
rescued animals will arrive Thursday afternoon at the Humane Society of
Missouri’s Headquarters on Macklind Avenue in St. Louis, Mo. As they
become healthy over the next several weeks, as many of the dogs as possible
will be made available for adoption. Interested adopters are asked to
visit often the Humane Society of Missouri website www.hsmo.org to see
all adoptable dogs.
