SPCA believes 101 dogs rescued in Raleigh were from a puppy mill

101 dogs recovered from a Raleigh home. Covered in urine, feces and locked in cages. A look at the awful conditions they experienced before being rescued
Posted 6/5/2025, 10:43:11 PM Updated 6/6/2025, 12:58:06 AM

STILL TO LEARN SOME MORE ABOUT

THE INVESTIGATION WHETHER THERE

ARE ANY ARRESTS THAT HAVE BEEN

MADE.

>> A DOG HOUSE OF HORRORS.

TAKE A LOOK HERE AT WHAT

RALEIGH ANIMAL CONTROL DEALT

WITH ON WEDNESDAY. SO MORE THAN

100 DOGS WERE

COOPED UP IN CAGES. THESE

IMAGES HEARTBREAKING AND GET

THESE ANIMALS ARE SO ADORABLE.

THIS IS WHAT THE SPCA IS

BELIEVING TO BE A PUPPY MILL.

THOSE DOGS GETTING SOME MUCH

NEEDED CARE, THOUGH, ON THEIR

WAY TO FINDING A FOREVER HOME

WRAL. SEAN GALLAGHER JOINING

US NOW LIVES ON HOW DID

AUTHORITIES GET TO TALK TO WHAT

WAS HAPPENING IN THIS HOME?

>> WE KNOW THEY ACTUALLY GOT A

CALL ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF

CHICKENS WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT

ARRIVED, THEY SAW A LOT MORE

THAN WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY

WERE GETTING IN THE PEOPLE WITH

THE SPCA HERE. TELL ME IT IS

SOME OF THE WORST CONDITIONS

THEY'VE SEEN DOGS IN.

>> IT'S A WELL-DESERVED FOR

THESE PUPS AFTER THEY WERE

RECOVERED FROM A RALEIGH HOME.

ALL 101 OF THEM. I'VE

PERSONALLY NEVER SEEN THAT MANY

DOGS IN ONE PLACE SUMMIT.

THE RANDWICK WITH THE WAKE

COUNTY SPCA WAS AT THE HOME

WEDNESDAY.

>> THERE WAS A LOT OF WASTE

EVERY WHERE THE SNOW WAS REALLY

STRONG WEEK. IT'S NOT FROM OUT

IN THE DRIVEWAY TO US.

>> IT TOOK THIS VIDEO INSIDE

A HALF DOZEN DOGS PILED INTO

CAGES FROM THE FLOOR TO THE

CEILING. A LOT OF THE DOGS WERE

DIRTY. THEIR ADDED THEY HAD

TICKS ON THEM.

>> AND THERE ARE WET WITH THE

OTHER. AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE

UNDER WAY SO IT WAS IT WAS

REALLY HARD TO SEE.

BUT THEY'RE ALL BUZZING NOW.

NEW HAIR CUTS, A BATH AND SOME

MUCH NEEDED SHOTS. ANOTHER TLC,

ALL OF THESE DOGS WITH THE REST

OF THEIR LIVES AHEAD OF THEM.

IT'S NICE TO SEE SMILES ON

THEIR FACE. YOU KNOW, THEY

DESERVE IT. SO HAVING THEM OUT

HERE RUNNING AROUND, DRAGGING

THEIR TAILS, THIS HELPS TO

SOFTEN THE BLOW. SOME OF THE

HARD STUFF THAT WE SAW

YESTERDAY.

>> NOW THERE ARE 15 DOGS INSIDE

THIS SHELTER HERE IN WAKE

COUNTY. BUT THE OTHERS ARE

SPREAD OUT ALL ACROSS THE

TRIANGLE. RPD TELLS ME THE

OWNER SIGNED OVER THE DOGS TO

LAW ENFORCEMENT BUT TELL ME

THEY HAVEN'T ISSUED ANY CHARGES

WERE MADE ANY ARRESTS YET.

IT WILL BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS

BEFORE THESE DOGS ARE READY FOR

ADOPTION. THE WAKE SB 8 SPCA

TELLS ME THE BEST WAY TO KEEP

UP TO DATE. THIS IS FOLLOW

THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS IN

RALEIGH, SHAUN GALLAGHER.