65 more dogs and puppies are now in our care after we assisted authorities in rescuing them from a property near Hedrick, IA, in Keokuk County – the third time in two months that our team has been called on to conduct a large-scale rescue where animals were in urgent need of care.
When the ARL officer arrived, she found a Great Dane, named Kal, shut in the crate with no food and no water – wasting away in an apartment where people were living. And no one was helping him.
The ARL Mobile Response Team assisted law enforcement this week with the removal of additional animals from the same unlicensed breeder in Southeast Iowa that we had already removed dogs and hamsters from late last month, bringing the total to over 300 animals rescued.
Amilia and Scrappy were found trapped in their kennels inside an abandoned apartment on Des Moines’ north side, with no food or water. The situation was dire.
Just months after the Gingerich puppy mill rescue, the Animal Rescue League has once again assisted authorities in removing dogs from terrible conditions at an unlicensed breeder — this time 3.5 hours away in Southeast Iowa.
Cloud, Casper and Cupid arrived at the Animal Rescue League late last week suffering from severe burns after ARL Animal Services officers received a call about a fire in a Des Moines area inhabited by people without housing.
Aspen arrived wet and shivering after being found alone and starving in a snowbank in the cold. The 12-week-old kitten was weak, dehydrated and very thin, making his situation even more critical. He needed help right away.
At a time when homes are lit with merry holiday lights and presents are wrapped under the tree, Zoey was living a nightmare. The 6-month-old puppy had suffered serious trauma … and her injuries were shocking.
Little Spud is only 3 months old, but she has already been through so much. She arrived at the Animal Rescue League in rough shape, with a long, gaping wound at her throat and another at the back of her neck.
For her entire 4 years of life, she churned out puppies for Daniel Gingerich, a commercial breeder with a long history of animal cruelty. And now that she could no longer even stand, she had been discarded, left to suffer alone. She was one of 500+ dogs the ARL recently assisted in rescuing.
