Neglected dogs hint at possible puppy mill roots
Suzannah Sloan runs Furrytale Farms, a home for unwanted animals. She said a woman dropped off the six dogs, refusing to give her name.
The woman told Sloan she didn't know where the dogs came from. She claimed they'd somehow ended up on her property, and it had taken her month to catch them all.
"And it looks like someone just picked up all their rejects and just moved them out," she said.
Rescuers fear two of the dogs may not survive. One has mammary tumors, her body riddled with cancer. She also has a broken tail.
"We believe she had some kind of spinal injury that left her almost paralyzed," said Sloan, who showcased one neglected dog after another.
"George, we believe, had a fractured jaw at one time that was never treated," she said.
Most likely the leftovers of a puppy mill, Sloan says, the pooches have lived with such incredible pain for so long that they've simply grown used to its presence.
"She has bladder stones the size of golf balls," Sloan said of a dog.
Sloan is trying to save all six of the dogs, but it will cost $20,000 for reconstructive surgery and for treatment of tumors. She hopes someone will recognize the dogs and come forward, as does animal rescuer Steve Williamson.
"The people that did this -- they should just be put in jail," he said. "I mean, it's criminal when they do stuff like that, especially when there are so many shelters out that would be happy to do something for them."
"I always say I could never harm an animal but I could kill a person. There's just no excuse for this, no excuse for this," said Sloan.
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Interested in adopting one of the dogs? Contact Furrytale Farms online at http://www.furrytalefarm.org/
