More than 100 dogs look to get better life after rescue from Raleigh puppy mill
DOCUMENTARY SECTION OF WRAL
COM.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THESE
ARE RESCUE PUPPIES.
FROM A HOME IN RALEIGH
YESTERDAY. WE'RE TALKING A
TOTAL OF 101 OF THOSE PUPPIES.
ANIMAL SHELTERS HAVE TAKEN THE
DOGS IN FROM WHAT ANIMAL
CONTROL BELIEVES IS A PUPPY
MAILED WRAL'S. SEAN GALLAGHER
IS LIVE AT THE WAKE COUNTY
SPCA. SHAWN, THESE DOGS, WE
UNDERSTAND WE'RE IN AWFUL
CONDITIONS.
>> EVERY DAY. AND IT'S REALLY
HARD TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU CAN
SEE THEM HERE TODAY. ALL OF
THESE ARE TEARING UP. THEY ARE
IN REALLY GOOD SPIRITS RIGHT
NOW. A LOT OF THEM IN NEED OF A
BATH AND MAYBE A CHECKUP FROM A
VETERINARIAN. BUT THEY ARE JUST
BEAMING RIGHT NOW BEING OUT OUT
HERE IN THE OPEN AIR, GETTING
SOME FRESH AIR FOR THE FIRST
TIME. THE DOUBLE WAKE COUNTY W
ESTHER SPCA HAS TAKEN IN ABOUT
15 OF THESE 101 DOGS AND THEY
WERE JUST IN AWFUL CONDITIONS.
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME PHOTOS FROM
THE RESCUE YESTERDAY. THE DOGS
IN CAGES ALL OVER EACH OTHER
INSIDE THIS HOME FOR 2 TO 3
HOURS, CREWS HELPED REMOVE
THESE DOGS OF ALL SHAPES AND
SIZES AND AGES FROM NEWBORN TO
SENIOR DOGS, INCLUDING TOY
POODLE MIXES PALM IRANIANS
CHIHUAHUAS YOUR KEYS AND OTHER
SMALL MIXES. THEY ALSO FOUND A
GOLDEN RETRIEVER LOCKED IN A
CAGE NEXT WEEK AGE OF
GOLDENDOODLE PUPPIES. NOW THE
NUMBER OF DOGS WAS SIMPLY
OVERWHELMING. EVEN FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO DEAL WITH SITUATIONS
LIKE THIS REGULARLY.
>> IT WAS A SMALL RESIDENTS.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN 101 DOGS
PACKED INTO A SMALL SPACE
SHARING A SMALL SPACE. THERE
WAS A LOT OF WASTE EVERY WHERE
THE SNOW WAS REALLY STRONG
WEEK. IT'S NOT COME OUT IN THE
DRIVEWAY. THE CONDITIONS ARE
PRETTY DIRTY. A LOT OF THE DOGS
WERE DIRTY. THEIR ADDED THAT
TICKS ON THEM. THERE ARE WET
WITH THE OTHER. YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE UNDER THEIR WAY. SO IT
WAS IT WAS REALLY HARD TO SEE.
>> THESE DOGS ARE BEING
MEDICALLY EVALUATED BY A
VETERINARIAN HERE ON SITE.
THEY TELL ME IT COULD TAKE A
COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE THESE
DOGS ARE READY TO BE ADOPTED,
BUT THEY SAY FOLLOW THE WAKE
COUNTY SPCA FOR THE LATEST INFO
ON WHEN YOU CAN HELP OUT THE
STOCKS AND WAKE COUNTY. SEAN