Read Our Rescue Diary: Pine Bluff Puppy Mill Raid
Late last month, the ASPCA assisted in Tennessee's largest-ever puppy mill raid. We were proud to assist with our special cruelty investigation team that included ASPCA Forensic Veterinary Assistant Felicia Earley, who shares her experiences here. Day 1
June 23, Lyles, TN
I stayed in our Mobile Animal Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Unit for most of the hectic first day of the puppy mill raid. Almost every dog from Pine Bluff Kennels was rail thin, matted and dirty, with horrid teeth and very long nails. They all smelled strongly of urine and feces. A few were in need of immediate emergency medical attention. We had a dachshund who had difficulty breathing and had to be put on oxygen. I found out later that she has severe tissue damage in her lungs. I shudder to think of what her life must have been like in the southern heat with breathing issues. We also saw a basset hound who had been lying in the sun and dirt, in labor, for an unknown length of time. The emergency vet said her puppies were stuck, and we all know what fate she might have met if left unassisted…
To read the rest of Earley’s journal from the Pine Bluff Kennels raid, please visit our Fight Cruelty section on ASPCA.org.
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3 Comments:
God Bless all of you who were brave enough for fight for these innocent animals! Thank you for going after the heartless people who abuse these defenseless creatures!
Just wanted to stop by to tell you of just one puppy saved from a puppy mill.
My husband and I needed NO MORE PETS!! And we really should never have stopped in that store in the mall that was adopting out rescued dogs, but we did -- just to look.
My husband fell in love with this sickly little thing. I really tried talking him out of it, but my husband was having none of it.
Well, we got her, and she fell deathly ill, almost died. The vet bills cost us $900 because the vet couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. Come to find out, the cocktail of immuno shots the agency had given her before being adopted out was what almost did her in.
She got sick in June, so we ended up calling her Junebug.
I guess God gave her to us because we were one of the few that could have/would have been able to afford that kind of treatment. We are certain it would have turned out tragically otherwise.
She's still deathly afraid of loud noises and trash bags.
And even though Junebug was supposed to be my husband's dog, she constantly stays by my side -- well, except for when she's nipping at the border collie's hindquarters when he's chasing the ball. She even insists on sleeping with me when I go to bed. Good thing she's small! She lets out a small growl whenever my husband comes to bed and tries to move her over out of his way, letting him know his disturbing her is not appreciated!
Junie is a real character and has wormed her way into our lives.
Just wanted you to know that your efforts do have good endings too.
I still see a lot of people contributing to the sucess of puppy mills. I owned a business next store to "Just puppies" based out of missuri. The truck driver gave one of my employees a puppy because he knew she wouldn't live. We all donated 600 dollars to this puppies survial and it still ended up dying... This truck driver knew what is going on still proceeded to transport for this company. Goes to show that there are more people involved than just the owner of the puppy mill. Do the truck drivers receive a fine for transporting from puppy mills? They are a part of the acts of cruely also. Maybe if we fine the truck driver with sever penalties they just might have sense enough not to work for puppy mills.
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