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Jun 23, 2009 7:07 pm US/Central
Neglected Animals Seized In Southest Dallas
Arezow Doost
DALLAS (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―
Nearly 30 dogs were seized in Southeast Dallas and then released back to their owners. The dogs lived in the 3700 block of Cotton Lane.
The person who owns the land called for help after he saw the shape the dogs were in.
Photos obtained by CBS 11 News shows some dogs were dead with maggots all over them, others were covered with files and had open sores. All of the water bowls for the animals were rusting and they had no food.
"These dogs, from the pictures I saw, were in terrible shape," said Jonnie England with Metroplex Animal Coalition.
England had other comments after seeing the photos CBS 11 News obtained. "To me this is a clear cut case of animal cruelty… cruelty through neglect," she said. "[Neglect] if he didn't feed dogs or seek medical care and they were allowed to just die."
The city says 28 dogs were taken from the property two weeks ago. Apparently the owner of the dogs died and his son took over caring for the animals.
Dallas Animal Services examined the dogs. In all, there were 30 citations issued for the dogs that weren't vaccinated, spayed or neutered. But no animal cruelty charges were filed in the case.
"I think we will recommend that an investigation be done," explained Skip Trimble, the chairman of the Dallas Animal Shelter Commission. "We are going to make sure this never happens again."
In an e-mail, City of Dallas Public Information Director Frank Librio wrote "Our veterinary staff examined the dogs and determined one was sick, but the other 27 were in reasonably good shape." The email went on to say, "The city prosecutor's office advised us that because of the dispute between the property owner and the deceased's son, we would have to either secure a seizure warrant for cruelty or release the dogs to the son. Because the veterinary staff stated there was no cause for a warrant, we vaccinated the dogs for rabies and released them to the owner."
The surviving dogs are now in Terrell.
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