Mobile Animal Services takes in 34 abused dogs, now far over capacity
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Mobile Animal Services started taking in the dogs on Tuesday after the City of Mobile's Public Safety Department received a complaint about an animal welfare concern in the Trinity Gardens community last week.
'All of the dogs are currently here at the shelter or at the vet's office being evaluated,' Mobile Animal Services Director Robert Bryant said.
This week, Mobile Animal Services conducted a site inspection in the Trinity Gardens community and found the dogs living in 'unacceptable conditions.'
'Several of the animals were being kept inside of what we call whelping pens, which is kind of a box cage that breeders use to raise puppies in, and several of the dogs were also tethered around the property,' Bryant said.
Bryant said four dogs were taken Monday for medical care. That was followed up with a search warrant, and the rest of the dogs were removed on Tuesday from the property.
'On face value, it looks like a very, very large breeding operation, a backyard breeding operation,' Bryant said.
No one is in custody, but Bryant said they plan to file charges by the end of this week or early next week.
The shelter is still, however, left with another problem.
They are now far over their capacity of around 100, and need to find homes for dogs that were already at the shelter to accommodate the abused animals.
Some are already answering that call, and adopting.
'We knew the story, and we figured we'd come down here and see if he had a connection,' pet adopter Patrick Ziebe said. 'We have a half German shepherd, half bullmastiff. She's about seven years old. And we felt like she needed a companion.'
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To help the cause, adoption fees are being waived, and the shelter is open for walk-ins from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. including this weekend.
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