Case Details

Puppy mill - 100 dogs, 30 dogs seized
Brownwood, TX (US)

Incident Date: Friday, May 12, 2006
County: Brown
Disposition: Not Charged
Case Images: 19 files available

Person of Interest: Twilla Simpson

Case ID: 8540
Classification: Neglect / Abandonment, Unlawful Trade/Smuggling
Animal: dog (non pit-bull)
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Animal groups returned to Austin on May 12 afternoon after rescuing about 30 dachsunds. Workers say the dogs were kept in squalid conditions. The Austin Humane Society and All Texas Dachsund Rescue say the animals were being bred and housed in a cramped and dirty home in a town about three hours north of Austin. The Comanche County Animal Rescue Society in Brownwood, Texas sent out an e-mail alert. Animal workers claim the woman there was raising more than 100 dogs -- most of them dachsunds, a few boxers and a few chihuahuas.

The woman was selling the dogs for profit outside of a Brownwood donut shop. That is not against the law in Comanche County. The problems, say rescuers, is the fact that the animals were not registered and were found in a horrible environment. "These conditions are deplorable and there are physically disabled animals that need treatment," said Barbara Lewis, All Texas Dachsund Rescue, in a release. "When I went into this house it was unbelievable."

Most of the dogs in the home were dachsunds. The dogs will undergo medical treatment in Austin and hopefully find new homes. The Austin Humane Society has a no kill policy, and they say that's one reason they helped rescue the animals, because they believe that they will all eventually be adopted.

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References

KVUE News - May 12, 2006
News8 Austin - May 19, 2006
ReporterNews.com - May 23, 2006

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