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- Tennessee, USA -


Animal Rescue Corps (ARC), a national animal protection nonprofit, said in a press release that they received “an urgent request for help from law enforcement in Macon County” after an animal control officer, responding to an anonymous tip, found a backyard breeder with multiple animals living in severely neglectful conditions.


ARC said they immediately assembled their Field Team and on Thursday, March 23, 2023, responded to the call.

At the location, ARC found and removed Great Danes and other large-breed dogs, cats, and chinchillas. The ARC called this rescue “Operation Gentle Giant.” More than thirty animals were removed.


As stated in the release, “Two state-licensed vets, part of ARC’s Field Team, have identified multiple cases of cherry eye, mammary tumors, granulomas on paws and legs from pressure sores, and other conditions consistent with unsanitary housing, neglect, and inadequate veterinary care.”


ARC explained that inside the property, “many of the dogs live[d] cruelly caged.” Some dogs were found packed together in cages so small that that voiceless victims had no room stand up, turn around, or spread limbs freely.

Outside the property, many of the dogs were found to be living in filthy, neglectful conditions, and were deprived of adequate shelter from the weather.


In the press release, ARC mentioned Poppy, one of the dogs who was found to be living in a small shed on the property with the highest ammonia levels. ARC said Poppy was used as a breeding mother, and “she is unable to even stand in her small cage.” “She has been used by the backyard breeder for profit, with no regard for her needs, her wishes, or her comfort,” said ARC.


Another “neglected, breeding mother” removed from the hellish property is Jasmine. The ARC said Jasmine “has been living outdoors and suffering from a highly inflamed, dual, and untreated prolapsed gland of her third eyelids (cherry eye).”


All the furvictims are now receiving medical care and emotional support. The ARC said many of them “are also terrified, and will document the cruelties inflicted on their bodies for evidence packages in legal proceedings.”


ARC’s Executive Director, Tim Woodward said: “These breeding mills put profit above the welfare of the animals and it’s the animals who suffer.”


This is ARC’s third large-scale rescue in the space of eleven days. Before this rescue, the ARC had “over 140 residents” and yet, they stepped in to help all these innocent souls. The organization needs help to face this latest challenge, so if you wish and can afford to help out, please click here. Thank you!


The Macon County Sheriff’s Office arrested the filthy breeders but their names have not been disclosed.

Updates will be posted as they become available.


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Pictured shared from Animal Rescue Corps (ARC).


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- Kansas, USA -


The Sumner County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of 46-years-old SAMUEL ROMAN (pictured).


In a news release the sheriff’s office said that on Friday, September 23, 2022, Sumner County Deputies were dispatched to check the welfare of several dogs at a property on 1076 West 120th Avenue, Conway Springs.

As indicated in the release, ROMAN, who owns the property, is a licensed breeder who recently had his license suspended by the Kansas Department of Agriculture.


Upon arrival, deputies found “multiple dogs in deplorable conditions, poor health, suffering from malnourishment and old injuries,” stated the release.

Three of the dogs present on the property, had “fresh traumatic injuries that did not appear to be receiving medical attention” so they were immediately removed by Wellington Police Department Animal Control and taken to Heersche’s Animal Clinic to receive care and treatment.


On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, Sumner County Deputies along with the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Winfield Police Department, Cowley County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Highway Patrol served a search warrant on the property that led to the removal of an additional sixty-five dogs bringing the total to sixty-eight.

The Sumner County Sheriff’s Office said the dogs who were removed range from puppies to adults.


The dogs removed from ROMAN’s property were distributed through various organizations, including, Beauties and Beasts, Golden Belt Humane Society, Animal Rescue operations, and the Caring Hands Humane Society. The sheriff’s office said the above groups were “instrumental in transporting and finding foster homes for the animals.”


The Sumner County Sheriff’s Office tells me that no deceased animals were found on the property.

ROMAN was charged with cruelty to animals and the investigation is ongoing.


KAKE.com reports that it all started in 2017, when Randi Carter with Beauties and Beasts uploaded on Facebook a video showing some dogs with kennels totally flooded, and others with growths all over their heads.


In 2021, the Humane Society of the United States placed ROMAN on its list of the top 100 worst puppy mills in the country.


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- Texas, USA -


On the afternoon of Sunday, September 4, 2022, the McAllen Police Department responded to a welfare concern at a home on 1121 N. Fifth Street occupied by 48-years-old PAOLA ANDREA GAYTAN HERNANDEZ (pictured).


Police said a concerned neighbor called them to report a constant loud barking coming from HERNANDEZ’s residence. According to police, neighbors reported hearing dogs barking throughout the night and feared the dogs were possibly chained up and injured.


Upon arrival, officers made contact with HERNANDEZ who said that some of the dogs in the backyard were hers, and the others she was watching for a friend.


In the backyard officers found multiple Labradoodle and Yorkshire dogs. Some of them were held by a chain-linked leash and others were being kept in cages. None of them had access to food or water, and they were all surrounded by their own fecal matter. The ones who were chained had limited space to move around.


Among the dogs police saw a black female Labradoodle held by a chain-linked leash who had open wounds on her left back leg and asked HERNANDEZ about her. HERNANDEZ said the Labradoodle wasn’t hers and that a friend asked her to “take care of temporarily.”


Officers also reported the presence of a black cat kept in a cage without food and a dirty water bowl, and a Yorkie in a separate cage who looked extremely malnourished. According to police, the dog had little to no hair and appeared to be suffering from severe illness.

Officers asked HERNANDEZ whether she had taken the dog to the veterinarian but as the investigation unfolded, HERNANDEZ was not able to prove that the injured animals had received veterinary care.


HERNANDEZ then led officers inside the home where they found more dogs. An Afghan Hound appeared to be neglected. Police did not find any sign of food or water for the dogs inside the residence.


According to the criminal complaint, while officers were observing the conditions of the animals, HERNANDEZ “was making numerous … phone calls and sending messages.”

At some point, a woman identified as Lizbeth Anahi Zarate, arrived at HERNANDEZ’s home and said that HERNANDEZ contacted her about picking up her dogs due to police being there.


The complaint stated that “Zarate further advised she has been breeding her dogs for years with [Hernandez].”


Police arrested HERNANDEZ on seventeen counts for not providing necessary food, water, care or shelter for pets, a Class A misdemeanor, and three counts of causing serious bodily injury to the degree that the pets are in a condition of dying, a third-degree felony.

Online records show she was released from the Hidalgo County Jail on Wednesday, September 7, 2022.


ANDREA GAYTAN HERNANDEZ, if you need money, sell yourself!


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