The Animal Alliance said in a press release that they were called upon to aid Trenton Animal Control and Humane Law Enforcement to remove the dogs from the unhealthy environment on Sept. 15.
According to the release the dogs were infested with fleas, parasites and were underweight. The Animal Alliance said they responded within the hour and sent Animal Control Officer Bettina Roed to remove a total of 15 dogs, the Trenton municipal shelter on Escher Street took in three of the dogs.
Two of the dogs were returned to the owner after being neutered and medically treated, at no charge, by the Animal Alliance.
The other 13 dogs are now at Animal Alliance’s Lambertville facility receiving treatment. The Animal Alliance said that the dogs now represent one-third of the facility’s population of dogs awaiting adoption.
The dogs are mostly Chihuahua-Spaniel mixes ranging from three to 20 pounds.
The release said that in addition to medical care, the dogs need to work on their socialization skills due to a lack of exposure to people outside of the house they were living in.
“In these overcrowding cases, there tends not to be a lot of visitor traffic in the home, the owner likely knows they have too many dogs, and aren’t inviting many people over,” said Anne Trinkle, Executive Director of Animal Alliance. “We immerse them with lots of enrichment and socialization with our wonderful staff and caring volunteers.”
Animal Alliance is currently treating the dogs and is seeking donations to help pay for their care. Once the dogs have been fully cared for, they will be put up for adoption.
“We are pleased to work collaboratively with Animal Alliance on a local level to save lives of animals in jeopardy or difficult circumstances. The Trenton Bureau of Humane Law Enforcement appreciates that Animal Alliance was able to help in this case,” said Trenton Humane Law Enforcement and Animal Control Officer Joe Antonello in the release.
“They’ve helped us many times before, and we are grateful that we can count on them for assistance in our lifesaving efforts for our shelter population and also for special cases like this one.”
Previously, in April, Animal Alliance rescued 16 dogs from a Trenton home, one of which was neutered and returned to the owner the release said. Animal Alliance said that the Sept. 15 rescue is it’s third double digit rescue of the year, they took in 16 dogs from a Toms River puppy mill raid, leaving the agency with 44 dogs.
“It’s staggering when it all happens all at once, where we have to absorb a large number of animals in a single day,” Trinkle said in the release.
Those interested in helping should visit animalalliancenj.org.
(The Trentonian - Oct 5, 2014)
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