CALIFORNIA -- Animal-control officers removed 86 dogs from a small,
foul-smelling home full of kennels on the 100 block of West Linden
Avenue on Friday in what allegedly was the owner's violation of a
court order to not keep more than three at the location.
Police were investigating the scene as an animal-endanger- ment
case.
Pamela Miller (aka Pam Miller, Pamela Miller-Sackter, Pam Sackter, Pamela Sackter), the owner of the home, was not there when police
served the warrant shortly after 4 p.m. No arrests had been made two
hours later, when animal-control officers were walking the dogs out.
Bruce Johnson, a neighboring business owner who knows Miller, said
she was afraid that if she did give the dogs to a shelter, they would
be destroyed.
"I've never seen the inside of a house with that many animals,"
Burbank Police Lt. Tim Stehr said. "For the dogs' sake, they are
going to a better environment now."
A nearby shelter will house some of the dogs, mostly pit bulls,
while others will be taken to the Burbank Animal Shelter.
Four years ago, the Burbank Animal Shelter denied Miller's bid to
renew her kennel license to keep her Millerwood Animal Sanctuary
open. She and the city have engaged in legal battles ever since. But
in March of last year, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled
Miller could not keep more than three dogs or cats for five years.
Some neighbors were pleased the dogs were removed.
"All you had to do was look in there to see this was animal
abuse," said Patrick Guilfoyle, owner of the nearby boarding kennel
Double Dog Dare Ya.
(Burbank Leader - July 27, 2002)
