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Case ID: 14441
Classification: Neglect / Abandonment
Animal: dog (non pit-bull)
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Seven puppies abandoned, one dead
Bentley, IL (US)

Incident Date: Friday, Aug 22, 2008
County: Hancock

Disposition: Open
Case Images: 1 files available

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West Hancock Canine Rescue has offered a reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the brutality to dogs abandoned near Bentley.

�Anyone for any reason can contact Mike Wright, county animal control officer, to surrender a dog or puppies,� said Anissa Sadeghi of West Hancock Canine Rescue. �What was done to these pups was cruel and inhumane. We have seen a huge surge in abused, injured, neglected and emaciated dogs and puppies this year.�

The most recent call came about seven Labradoodle puppies dumped near Bentley, with one dog reported dead. Sadeghi met the caller who had contacted the sheriffs department and was let to the pups

�I was horrified to see these beautiful creatures staring back at me, wild and scared and almost starved to death,� she said. �With the help of the two people that found them, we corralled them until I could get close enough to grab them one by one. These pups out of fear were biting, pooping, peeing and screaming the whole way back to the crate in my truck.�

They chased the last panicking pup into an old hog house. Several people stood in the opening so he wouldn't run out as Sadeghi slowly crawled to him throwing the slip leash around his head.

�The gentleman (who called) was able to drape a blanket over him and put him in the crate with the others. Now, that is the �happy� part -- the gut wrenching part is the dead puppies,� she said.

Two more dead Labradoodles were found in the area, one appeared to have been hit by a car, and both had been cannibalized by the other starving dogs. The dogs were taken to the crowded rescue center.

�I am not sure what we are going to do now,� Sadeghi said. �They are very unsocialized and in pretty bad shape. I have had 19 adult labradoodles that have been dumped at this animal control and we have yet to uncover who is breeding these dogs at such a large number. What was done to these pups is criminal and we want justice for them and their siblings that didn't survive.�

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