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Dozens of volunteers dropped their holiday plans to rescue about 80 puppy mill dogs in Missouri who probably otherwise wouldn’t have made it to the new year.

Now, the National Mill Dog Rescue Network is trying to find homes for all the dogs.

The network was contacted shortly before Christmas by a breeder in Missouri — a state known for its abundance of puppy mills — who wanted to surrender his animals, according to a report by TV station KKTV in Colorado Springs.

“When we asked if they could hold the dogs until after Christmas they let us know they would kill them,” said Helen Freeman, a member of the National Mill Dog Rescue Network.

So a group of volunteers dropped their holiday plans and left for Missouri.

When they got to Missouri Tuesday, another puppy mill owner contacted them, wanting to surrender his animals too. In the end, they returned with more than 80 dogs.

Since then, the dogs have been cleaned up, given medical attention and are enjoying their newfound freedom, Freeman said.

“It’s pretty exciting to watch the transformation from caged dog to, ‘hey, I get to play, I get to be free.’

The National Mill Dog Rescue Network says its more than 200 volunteers have saved more than 1,300 dogs over the last year and a half.

(Photo from National Mill Dog Rescue Network)