More than 200 dogs seized from Pa. kennel
Animal welfare officials shut down a Pennsylvania breeding kennel yesterday, suspending the operator’s license and removing 216 dogs.
Under the authority of a new state law, agents of the state Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement and the Humane Society of the United States shut down the Almost Heaven Kennel in Emmaus, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
The dogs seized from the Lehigh County kennel, which state officials said had a history of abuse, were taken to the Farm Show complex in Harrisburg, where they are to be evaluated before being put up for adoption.
The seizure came after the Commonwealth Court rejected kennel owner Derbe Eckhart’s emergency appeal of his license revocation.
Twenty-five dogs will remain at the kennel because no license is needed for less than 26 animals.
A raid last year by the Pennsylvania SPCA exposed horrendous conditions at the kennel, which housed as many as 800 animals in filthy, crowded cages and kennels.
(Photo: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture)
Posted by jwoestendiek June 24th, 2009 under Muttsblog.
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