Published on Feb 10, 2014 DDBs latest FB note at this link: https://facebook/notes/dogs-d... Keep up the pressure, its working! Weve added a lot more contact e-mails and phone numbers for county and state officials as well as media contacts on our web page at dogsdeservebetter.org/dogs.... Dogs Deserve Better met with Assistant Wythe County Administrator Stephen Bear Monday, February 10, 2014, hoping to peaceably end this hell for the dogs. He seemed to see nothing wrong with these conditions. Our first task is to CONVINCE WYTHE COUNTY that they are wrong! Call and e-mail the below numbers, asking them to immediately remove the dogs from this hell. We will have additional action points next week. Thank you! People are asking for the address of this location. It is on Walton Furnace Rd. in Max Meadows. We do not have the exact number, but we urge you to go there at your own risk. The owner is alleged to be dangerous and he sees nothing wrong with the way he keeps his dogs. We are concerned that someone will get hurt. We did bring this up with the county official. Wythe County Animal Control: (276) 228-6003 Wythe County Administrator: R. Cellell Dalton Phone: (276) 223-4500 Address: 340 South Sixth Street Wytheville, VA 24382 Email: [email protected] Assistant County Administrator: Stephen Bear Email: [email protected] 11 yellow lab mix dogs are living in a dark, dank, makeshift dungeon in Wythe County, Virginia, victims of a hoarding situation behind a trailer where their owner is squatting. Dogs Deserve Better obtained this video February 6, 2014. From the media release: Dogs Deserve Better, Inc., a nonprofit working to bring dogs into the home and family, obtained current video in early February of Wythe County Dogs in the Box, and met with county official Stephen Bear Monday, February 10th to insist the dogs are freed from the makeshift dungeon. Their concerns were not taken seriously, and the most that was promised was to send Animal Control out again. This is not sufficient. The eleven dogs have reportedly lived in this dungeon for at least five years, and although the owner freely admits that one dog died from flea-related illness, Wythe County Animal Control and County Administration continue to maintain that there is nothing illegal about the situation. Dogs Deserve Better, Inc. and other animal advocacy groups nationwide disagree, stating that many elements of Virginia cruelty laws are being broken daily; elements such as adequate space, exercise, removal of fecal matter, and inadequate lighting to name a few. Many of the male dogs have scarred noses stemming from constant fighting over food and/or the unspayed females coming into heat. The situation is unsafe and the dogs are victims of what is widely believed to be a hoarding case. The dogs living conditions are made even more tenuous due to a legal battle alleging the owner is squatting on property that doesnt belong to him and has no working utilities, to include running water. Citizens attempting to help these dogs have been threatened with physical violence. In a recent news story, Wythe County representative Jeremy Farley states that the photos are old and the situation is no longer ongoing. But that isnt true. wdbj7/video/Old-pictur... Dogs Deserve Better founder Tamira Thayne visited the property and the owner on February 6, 2014, and was able to obtain video of the outside of the dungeon and dogs but was unable to get inside to see status of feces buildup or food and water availability. This video is visible on the groups website. The makeshift box is dark, dingy, and when the caretaker was finally able to open a window for me to view the dogs, I was accosted by a the horrendous stench of what I can only imagine is feces buildup. The dogs are desperate to get out; one dog even pulling repeatedly at the wire caging in a plea for help, breaking his bottom teeth as a result, states Thayne. She continues,That this situation has been ongoing for at least five years is unconscionable. While the owner maintains he loves these dogs, keeping companion animals as prisoners is not love. The situation is cruel and untenable. It can no longer be tolerated by caring citizens of Wythe County, the state of Virginia, and the United States. Please join with us today in demanding release of these helpless canine victims. To read more updates, visit this page: dogsdeservebetter.org/dogs... Also visit this facebook page: https://facebook/freethedogsi... To donate to Dogs Deserve Better, visit this page: dogsdeservebetter.org/dona...
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:12:47 +0000
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