1,000 Freed from W.Va. Puppy Mill

[flvegan]

August 24, 2008

Yesterday morning in Parkersburg, W.Va., a cycle of animal abuse that lasted nearly two decades was finally broken. Local authorities raided the Whispering Oaks Kennel and found one of the most prolific puppy mills in the state's history.

By the end of the day nearly 1,000 neglected and abused dogs were freed from the horrendous industry that traps hundreds of thousands of dogs in a dismal cycle of suffering.

The Humane Society of the United States was there from the beginning, acting as the lead animal welfare organization for this mercy mission.

Cruelty Downstream

Local authorities had received complaints that the property owner was discharging pollution without a permit. When they arrived on the scene to investigate the claims, they found a grossly overrun breeding facility wrought with obvious animal neglect.

Once on site, the officials convinced the property owner to relinquish ownership of all 1,000 dogs at the facility. The owner also signed a document barring her from ever operating another breeding facility.

http://www.hsus.org/hsus_field/hsus_disaster_center/disasters_press_room/a_thousand_dogs_freed_from_wv_082408.html

[LeftyMom]

1. Good release until the end.

They should have left off the "or at least know your breeder" bit at then end. Even if one finds the elusive "responsible breeder" which is harder to track down than an albino sasquatch, there's still the issue of all the dogs dying for lack of homes, many of them pure-bred.