The departed animals were discovered “in varying stages of decay”
Over 140 dogs were reportedly found dead inside the alleged home of an Ohio dog shelter’s founding operator on Friday.
The Portage Animal Protective League issued a statement on Facebook on Monday detailing the alleged discovery made inside the Mantua, Ohio, home reportedly belonging to the operator of Canine Lifeline Inc., a local animal rescue nonprofit organization.
The agency received a tip that an alleged “animal cruelty charge was pending in another jurisdiction against the homeowner,” according to the statement. The Canine Lifeline Inc. founder has not been named by authorities.
The reported discovery led an agent from the Humane Investigations Department to search the residence.
The agent allegedly discovered 146 dead dogs “in varying stages of decay.”
“It was simply horrendous,” next-door neighbor Jon Collier informed Cleveland’s regional news channel WKYC-3. “The state of that house and whatever that remained in it was simply, there’s not even words to explain it.”
None of the animals were discovered alive and lots of were “restricted within their cages,” according to the not-for-profit’s Facebook post.
The declaration kept in mind that necropsies — otherwise called autopsies for animals — will be carried out to figure out the dogs’ triggers of death.
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Portage Animal Protective League specified that no other information will be launched at the time as the examination is continuous.
Canine Lifeline Inc., according to its website, is an all-volunteer organization established in 2009. Their objective is to save adoptable dogs from being euthanized.
In a statement published online, Canine Lifeline Inc. said they are “shocked, frightened and puzzled to learn of the destructive discoveries.”
They said the creator apparently collapsed in her home on June 2 leading very first responders to her home, leading to the discovery.
“Please understand that the volunteers of Canine Lifeline are grieving this disaster and are working together with the suitable authorities,” the organization said.
Anyone with details is asked to get in touch with Portage Animal Protective League Humane Agent Holly Ebner at [email protected].
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