Calls to adopt Caldwell animals 'tremendous,' officials say
The dogs will stay at the shelter set up at the fairgrounds until released by Caldwell County authorities. Over the next few days, they will be examined by veterinarians, and after an evaluation, the dogs will be sent to the Humane Society's emergency services partners and placed into adoption.
Anyone who wants to make donations for the care of the dogs can send checks to the Caldwell Humane Society at P.O. Box 1991, Lenoir, NC 28645 or contact Donna West at 828-292-2925. Or email caldwell4pets@gmail.com .
Caldwell County's animal control director said Friday there had been a "tremendous" amount of interest from the public to adopt and otherwise help the nearly 300 dogs seized a day earlier from a kennel.
But officials said it will be next week before they begin allowing adoptions to take place, and they said more than two dozen dogs were euthanized.
Animal control officials say charges are pending in the case, but no charges were filed Friday.
Officers from Caldwell and three other counties moved Thursday to seize the dogs from Mason Creek Kennels, on Free Mason Road in Hudson, about 70 miles northwest of Charlotte. Rescuers said they found some of the dogs living in their own feces and others with foot problems caused by walking on wire cages their entire lives.
Some rescuers said the kennel operation was a puppy mill.
Dr. Judy Vogt, a veterinarian with the Humane Society of Charlotte, and veterinary help from Outback Mobile Veterinary Services of Morganton diagnosed and treated the dogs Friday at a temporary shelter at the Caldwell County Fairgrounds.
Greg Greene, Caldwell County's animal control director, said the county's animal shelter will be closed this weekend, so employees can help veterinarians care for the Mason Creek Kennel dogs. The shelter will reopen at 10 a.m. Monday, Greene said.
He said 276 dogs were seized Thursday. Once the animals have been treated this weekend at the temporary shelter, they'll be distributed among five shelters from across North Carolina and Virginia, including the Humane Society of Charlotte. Those shelters will handle the adoptions next week, once the animals' health improves.
Greene said the owner of the kennel, William "Bill" Thomas Allen, turned over 37 other dogs last week to the county.
"But the animals were in such extremely poor condition, and we had such limited funds to care for them, that we had to euthanize those animals," Greene said.
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Common competitors include Chinese Cresteds, French Bulldogs and Bernese Mountain Dogs, she said. “In this area, there is a group showing Bernese Mountain Dogs that also pull carts, and participate in the Cherry Festival parades.
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