Puppy Mill dogs need Help!

This is from the Humane Society of the Ozarks:

Last Friday, we received a call from HSUS regarding a puppy mill in Newton County with 36 small breed dogs that were being surrendered. Allegedly, two individuals were engaging in heinous acts of animal cruelty by videotaping themselves laughing and stomping a small dog to death at a neighbor's home. They then went to a relative's home who had a puppy mill and proceeded to torture small dogs with a cattle prod while the animals were enclosed in rabbit hutches in a room with no ventilation. The relative/puppy mill breeder agreed to surrender the animals to Newton County Sheriff's Department, who in turn released the animals to HSUS, who in turn released the animals to us.

Angie Kyser and several volunteers transported the dogs (35 of them-one of them ran away) from Newton County to Wedington Animal Hospital , where they are all being housed and treated for any medical condition s. As of right now, we have one shepherd mix, several Pomeranians, several Chihuahuas , one Papillion, one Poodle mix and several other s. . There are also three nursing mom s.


All this said, we are asking for help in several area s. First and foremost, we need volunteers to come and walk and exercise these dogs during the day. Wedington has been wonderful by agreeing to take in these dogs for us, and they need our help in making sure these dogs get out of their crates on a daily basi s. Specifically, we need help in the mornings, in the afternoons and in the evening s. If you are interested in helping, please contact Angie Kyser at (479)444-PETS, or you can e-mail her at amkyser@yahoo. com. Please contact her before going to Wedington as we need to get a set time and date for our volunteers


Second, please help us get the word out about these animals and the cruelty situation at hand. This situation is exactly why we should push for felony animal cruelty laws in Arkansas . We are going to be issuing a press release and we plan to get the local media involved. Finally, we are now ready to begin fostering and adopting these animals out to good homes, so please pass the word. If you would like to see the dogs, please call Wedington at (479)444-6600 to schedule a time.
I believe that we are in the process of posting these dogs on Petfinder. com via the Humane Society of the Ozarks.


Thank you to all who have helped thus far. We will do our best to keep everyone informed about the ongoing cruelty investigation in Newton County .


Thanks,

Christian Gunn