MOUNT OLIVET, Ky. — Fourteen dogs and 5 puppies had been taken from a home on Walnut St. in Mount Olivet after an nameless tip to the Kentucky Humane Society resulted in Robertson County Animal Control and the rescue Friends of Mason County Animals paying a go to.
Friends of Mason County Animals Director Karen Hopkins stated they discovered the dogs in “horrible situation.”
“The dogs had been matted as in the event that they hadn’t been groomed in over a yr, wounds, limping, skinny. The areas they had been stored in had been stuffed with feces, urine and dirt,” Hopkins stated.
The canine’s proprietor surrendered them to animal management on Monday.
“It is heartbreaking,” officer Aletha Thomas stated. “It damage me. It hit me fairly exhausting. It will not be OK.”
New York-based animal rescue Guardians of Rescue has taken over relocation and look after the animals with a number of being transported to Davinci’s Dream animal rescue.
WCPO spoke with the proprietor Friday, however is not naming her as no felony prices have been filed. The proprietor finally declined to touch upon the report on the recommendation of her lawyer.
Hopkins stated the home and a secondary shelter on the property had been used to breed dogs on the market by a business known as “Sharp’s Doodles.”
A Facebook web page related to the business was unavailable on Friday.
“Shelters and rescues are overwhelmed with puppies and dogs, all breeds and sizes which are coming in,” Hopkins stated. “A whole lot of them are coming in from these puppy mills and breeding conditions — yard breeders.”
Thomas stated the proprietor had reached out to the animal shelter for assist in late 2023, however by no means adopted up.
“She tried saying she had rescue for a canine and I advised her to ship me some footage and data as a result of we had been full, however I by no means obtained a response again,” she stated.
Hopkins and Thomas indicated that they had handed their footage and video to Robertson County lawyer Jesse Melcher to be used in potential prosecution, however a name to his workplace Friday wasn’t returned.
Hopkins stated anybody curious about monitoring the canine’s progress or serving to them with donations or assets ought to contact Guardians of Rescue.
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