- Tennessee, USA -
Animal Rescue Corps (ARC), a national animal protection nonprofit, said in a press release that they received “an urgent request for help from law enforcement in Macon County” after an animal control officer, responding to an anonymous tip, found a backyard breeder with multiple animals living in severely neglectful conditions.
ARC said they immediately assembled their Field Team and on Thursday, March 23, 2023, responded to the call.
At the location, ARC found and removed Great Danes and other large-breed dogs, cats, and chinchillas. The ARC called this rescue “Operation Gentle Giant.” More than thirty animals were removed.
As stated in the release, “Two state-licensed vets, part of ARC’s Field Team, have identified multiple cases of cherry eye, mammary tumors, granulomas on paws and legs from pressure sores, and other conditions consistent with unsanitary housing, neglect, and inadequate veterinary care.”
ARC explained that inside the property, “many of the dogs live[d] cruelly caged.” Some dogs were found packed together in cages so small that that voiceless victims had no room stand up, turn around, or spread limbs freely.
Outside the property, many of the dogs were found to be living in filthy, neglectful conditions, and were deprived of adequate shelter from the weather.
In the press release, ARC mentioned Poppy, one of the dogs who was found to be living in a small shed on the property with the highest ammonia levels. ARC said Poppy was used as a breeding mother, and “she is unable to even stand in her small cage.” “She has been used by the backyard breeder for profit, with no regard for her needs, her wishes, or her comfort,” said ARC.
Another “neglected, breeding mother” removed from the hellish property is Jasmine. The ARC said Jasmine “has been living outdoors and suffering from a highly inflamed, dual, and untreated prolapsed gland of her third eyelids (cherry eye).”
All the furvictims are now receiving medical care and emotional support. The ARC said many of them “are also terrified, and will document the cruelties inflicted on their bodies for evidence packages in legal proceedings.”
ARC’s Executive Director, Tim Woodward said: “These breeding mills put profit above the welfare of the animals and it’s the animals who suffer.”
This is ARC’s third large-scale rescue in the space of eleven days. Before this rescue, the ARC had “over 140 residents” and yet, they stepped in to help all these innocent souls. The organization needs help to face this latest challenge, so if you wish and can afford to help out, please click here. Thank you!
The Macon County Sheriff’s Office arrested the filthy breeders but their names have not been disclosed.
Updates will be posted as they become available.
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