Congrats to the Shelter
..........Lock me in a room with the owner for 15 minutes
Three dogs that were found chained up at a private residence with their muzzles duct-taped shut on June 28 have found a refuge, thanks to the kindness of the local Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
CNN affiliate WCIV reports that the dogs were discovered on the back porch of a home at Plum Branch Yacht Club, a family-oriented lake community near the Georgia state line. A woman was walking when she heard muffled barks and growls and discovered a German shepherd and two blue tick hounds. Their faces were bound with duct tape and the area was littered with feces. There was no food or water in the area for the dogs to eat.
The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, took a photo and contacted the McCormick County Sheriff's Office. Two deputies spoke to the owner, who claimed that he muzzled the dogs because the neighbors complained about them barking. He has agreed to sign the dogs over to a shelter, but there's one problem -- there isn't one to be found that has any room.
Officials removed the duct tape Tuesday evening and found the dogs were physically unharmed. At first, rescuing the dogs presented a problem -- there was no shelter in town that had room for them. On Wednesday, however, that situation changed when the SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare volunteered to take the dogs in.
Jan Burttram, the Vice President of the Humane Society in McCormick County, told HLN in a phone interview that the three dogs made it to the SPCA Albrecht Center in Aiken on Thursday.
"They are currently being evaluated, and they also need shots -- the previous owner had not done that," she said. "But a lot of people have already called asking if they can adopt them."
As for the previous owner, Burttram said he gave up the dogs willingly.
"He made a poor choice of silencing them the way he did," she said.
The CEO of the Albrecht SPCA, Barbara Nelson, told HLN in a phone interview that the dogs seem mentally healthy.
"It'll just take a short time period to get them ready to adopt," she said. "They're happy dogs. "
A similar abuse case popped up in June when Caitlyn, a Chocolate Staffie mix, was found with her muzzle badly injured after being bound shut with electrical tape. Her previous owner, William Leonard Dodson, faces charges of ill treatment of an animal involving torture. In the meantime, Caitlyn has found a new home at the Charleston Animal Society and is flourishing.
Three dogs that were found chained up at a private residence with their muzzles duct-taped shut on June 28 have found a refuge, thanks to the kindness of the local Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
CNN affiliate WCIV reports that the dogs were discovered on the back porch of a home at Plum Branch Yacht Club, a family-oriented lake community near the Georgia state line. A woman was walking when she heard muffled barks and growls and discovered a German shepherd and two blue tick hounds. Their faces were bound with duct tape and the area was littered with feces. There was no food or water in the area for the dogs to eat.
The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, took a photo and contacted the McCormick County Sheriff's Office. Two deputies spoke to the owner, who claimed that he muzzled the dogs because the neighbors complained about them barking. He has agreed to sign the dogs over to a shelter, but there's one problem -- there isn't one to be found that has any room.
Officials removed the duct tape Tuesday evening and found the dogs were physically unharmed. At first, rescuing the dogs presented a problem -- there was no shelter in town that had room for them. On Wednesday, however, that situation changed when the SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare volunteered to take the dogs in.
Jan Burttram, the Vice President of the Humane Society in McCormick County, told HLN in a phone interview that the three dogs made it to the SPCA Albrecht Center in Aiken on Thursday.
"They are currently being evaluated, and they also need shots -- the previous owner had not done that," she said. "But a lot of people have already called asking if they can adopt them."
As for the previous owner, Burttram said he gave up the dogs willingly.
"He made a poor choice of silencing them the way he did," she said.
The CEO of the Albrecht SPCA, Barbara Nelson, told HLN in a phone interview that the dogs seem mentally healthy.
"It'll just take a short time period to get them ready to adopt," she said. "They're happy dogs. "
A similar abuse case popped up in June when Caitlyn, a Chocolate Staffie mix, was found with her muzzle badly injured after being bound shut with electrical tape. Her previous owner, William Leonard Dodson, faces charges of ill treatment of an animal involving torture. In the meantime, Caitlyn has found a new home at the Charleston Animal Society and is flourishing.
