Friday, September 11, 2009

NC Authorities Find Injured Pitbulls in Poor Conditions

...and leave them there. All 50 of them:
[...]members of the Sheriff’s Department investigated the area on foot and smelled marijuana and observed more than 50 dogs, some of which were seriously injured, the press release said.

[Onslow Co Sheriff Ed] Brown said officers observed no food for the animals and the only water available was “muddy rain water.”

[...]

Animal Control “put the dogs under their authority” but were unable to take them into custody and remove them from the premises because there is nowhere to keep them, Brown said.

So how serious are the injuries?
Some of the 50 dogs looked sick and injured[.]
[...]
Sheriff Brown said one of the dog's faces appeared to have been torn off and had grown back.
Can we get these dogs some help so they do not have to sit in the mud with logging chains around their necks and half their faces torn off while police sort this thing out? Jesus Tap Dancing Christ.

4 comments:

Jess said...

Betcha HSUS would be all over those poor dogs if they were small, fuzzy, and NOT pitbulls. They'd be in new homes by next Friday.

Amanda said...

Hmmm...the thought that keeps running through my mind is whether they are working to ensure the dogs don't get stolen. Maybe I'm just being a negative nelly, but it doesn't seem impossible that if they were involved in the dogfighting world, some other lowlife may find value in them (outside of the value a loving home would see of course) and just go take them, seeing as how they basically disclose their location. =( Sad all around.

FrogDogz said...

Betcha HSUS would be all over those poor dogs if they were small, fuzzy, and NOT pitbulls.

Or if they were owned by a celebrity. In other words, if the dogs were a potential money maker.

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