The dogs were taken from Happy Endings Animal Rescue (HEAR), after police executed a warrant earlier in the day for the removal of the dogs.
According to a release from American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the seizure is the result of “numerous public complaints about conditions at HEAR, which has been operating for 19 years.”
One room alone held 22 dogs, with inches of feces covering the floor. Many of the dogs are suffering from medical issues including emaciation, dental disease and severe hair loss. Some were not spayed or neutered and had no access to food or water.
“What we found here is horrific,” said Kathryn Destreza, Investigations Director for the ASPCA Field Investigations and Response team. “This facility claimed to be a safe place for animals, but the truth is these dogs were suffering greatly, both physically and emotionally.”
David Gosselin (aka David Cody Gosselin, Cody Gosselin, Cody David Gosselin), the owner and operator of the rescue, is charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty.
According to a Metro affidavit, Gosselin has been subject to numerous contacts with Metro Animal Control based on complaints dating back to 2009. Some of the complaints allege he “routinely failed to provide basic shelter, food, water, and veterinary care to the dogs he keeps on his property.”
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| Gosselin pretended he was taking care of the animals - WHILE BEGGING YOU TO SEND HIM MONEY. |
Gosselin has been cited for companion animal hoarding as recently as 2014 by Metro Animal Control.
On his Petfinder bio page (which has already been removed, but you can see the cache of it HERE), he gushes about giving older, unwanted dogs a forever home until he can find someone to adopt them (for $100, of course). Gosselin says "It costs a minimum of $1,000 to run this Rescue each Month".
The red flag is that he says that after you see a dog online you're interested in, you're supposed to fill out the adoption paperwork AND THEY WILL BRING THE DOG TO YOU. There's a reason he doesn't want you on his property - he doesn't want you to see the reality of what he is making these dogs live in - feces, urine, filthy, inhumane conditions.
On May 9, MACC officers were called to Gosselin’s property in response to accusations of a large number of dogs living in deplorable conditions.
When they arrived, officers found four dogs in the front yard that appeared underweight and with hair loss.
Officers also visited the property as recently as Sunday and on May 23 and June 24.
ASPCA and Metro Animal Care assisted in the removal of the dogs Tuesday.
The rescued dogs include Chow, pit bull, German shepherd mixes and other medium to large breed canines.
“We are glad to have the expertise and experience that the ASPCA brings to this case,” said Rebecca Morris spokesperson for Metro Animal Care and Control. “We are pleased that the animals will be receiving the necessary medical care and attention they deserve.”
The dogs are being held at a temporary location where they will receive medical care.
(WKRN - July 19, 2016)
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