Dog tied to stove for 10 years, missing back legs
Pottsville, PA (US)Incident Date: Monday, May 8, 2006
County: Schuylkill
Disposition: Alleged
Alleged:
» Wesley Reedy
» Brenda Reedy
Humane officers said there seems to be interest in adopting dogs they took from a house in Pottsville on May 8, 2006. Ten dogs and one cat were removed from a home on East Market Street in Pottsville that officials said was filthy. The owners face more than just animal cruelty charges and have quite a job ahead of them now.
One of the dogs removed from the home drags itself around with its front legs. It was taken to the Hillside S.P.C.A. near Pottsville with the other animals taken from the home. "My guess is he's been chained there for a good amount of those 10 years, to the stove, unable to move, unable to turn around, unable to lay down. The damage that does to a dog not only physically but mentally is probably the cruelest thing you could do to a dog," said Trish Moyer of Hillside.
Dogs in the home were kept on short leashes. Animal waste was piled inches deep. The dogs were covered with it.
Police arrested Brenda Reedy, the homeowner and owner of the animals and her father, Wesley Reedy, 69. He lived in the filth with the dogs. They're charged with animal cruelty and risking a catastrophe. "We think the daughter is more at fault than the father. He's elderly. She could have helped him out in some way. She knew what was going on. She could have helped. How can you walk into a house like that and not help?" Moyer said. According to court papers, police officers put on respirators to enter the house, but the stench was so overwhelming it forced them out. The house is so infested with filth it may have to be destroyed, according to building inspector Don Chescavage. "If it is that bad... if it's absorbed into the wooden materials you'll never get rid of that odor. It may have to be demolished. We've already discussed that with them," said Chescavage. References« PA State Animal Cruelty Map
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