the animals were sort of climbing over piles of debris. a lot of the dogs were heartworm positive. many of them had heartworm that had advanced to such a severe stage that they were suffering from heart failure at that point. a team of more than 20 people examines and documents each animal. there were a lot of dogs that were really afraid. you can imagine they d probably spent a lot of their lives just chained up on the property without any real human interaction, which we see a lot on the hoarding cases. almost 230 animals are removed. but despite the team s efforts, not all survive. there were several that were just so severely advanced in their heartworm or heart failure that they could not sustain the treatment and did have to be euthanized, but the majority of the animals we were able to place eventually. two residents of the property are charged with animal cruelty. both plead guilty and receive two years of probation. both of these women were in
animal. there were a lot of dogs that were really afraid. you can imagine they d probably spent a lot of their lives just chained up on the property without any real human interaction, which we see a lot on the hoarding cases. almost 230 animals are removed. but despite the team s efforts, not all survive. there were several that were just so severely advanced in their heartworm or heart failure that they could not sustain the treatment and did have to be euthanized, but the majority of the animals we were able to place eventually. two residents of the property are charged with animal cruelty. both plead guilty and receive two years of probation. both of these women were in denial about the situation with the animals. they really felt that they were providing the best care for the animals. while delivering many of the animals to rescue shelters, one german shepherd catches rowdy shaw s eye. i stopped and i just couldn t do it. she was asleep on the little couch.
upwards of ten animals in their particular living situation. it was a hoarder commune, if you want to call it that. if you didn t know it was there, you didn t know it was there. one of those places tucked in the back, then all of a sudden in the trees, dogs. many of the dogs were kept in a variety of different sort of pens, and a lot of them were just chained on the property. and there was an unbelievable amount of trash and debris strewn all throughout the property. the residents from the main one was just filled with all sort of stuff. it was sort of a little trail to go through the trailer. very strong odor in there of urine and feces. the animals were sort of climbing over piles of debris. a lot of the animals were heart worm positive. and many had heartworm that had advanced to such a severe stage that they were suffering from heart failure at that point. a team of more than 20 people examines and documents each
examines and documents each animal. there were a lot of dogs that were really afraid. you can imagine they d probably spent a lot of their lives just chained up on the property without any real human interaction, which we see a lot on the hoarding cases. almost 230 animals are removed. but despite the team s efforts, not all survive. there were several that were just so severely advanced in their heartworm or heart failure that they could not sustain the treatment and did have to be euthanized, but the majority of the animals we were able to place eventually. two residents of the property are charged with animal cruelty. both plead guilty and receive two years of probation. both of these women were in denial about the situation with the animals. they really felt that they were providing the best care for the animals. while delivering many of the animals to rescue shelters, one german shepherd catches rowdy
i think it was 20-something acres and there were a number of homes on the property. a number of folks living on the property. but each of these folks had upwards of ten animals in their particular living situation. it was a hoarder commune, if you want to call it that. if you didn t know it was there, you didn t know it was there. one of those places tucked in the back, then all of a sudden in the trees, dogs. many were kept in a variety of pens and many were just chained on the property. and there was an unbelievable amount of trash and debris strewn all throughout the property. the residents from the main one was just filled with all sort of stuff. it was sort of a little trail to go through the trailer. very strong odor in there of urine and feces. the animals that lived in the trailer were sort of climbing over piles of debris. the dogs were heartworm positive. many of them had heartworm that had advanced to such a severe stage that they were suffering from heart failure at tha