UPDATE: No Dogs to be Euthanized
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Updated: 8:21 PM Apr 29, 2009
UPDATE: No Dogs to be Euthanized
Outpouring of community support leads to homes for every adoptable dog at Ingham County Animal Control after seizure of 70 dogs Monday.
Posted: 12:43 AM Apr 29, 2009
Reporter: Jason Colthorp
Email Address: jason.colthorp@wilx.com
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To our viewers who saw or read the story on wilx.com about 70 dogs seized from a home in Mason, Monday, take a bow, you've helped save dozens of dogs by getting the word out about the need for adoption.

Ingham County Animal Control told wilx.com Tuesday night, every adoptable dog has found a temporary or permanent home thanks to folks who lined up outside the shelter from sunrise to sundown. That means no dogs will be euthanized due to overcrowding.

Other animal shelters, including the Cascades Humane Society, also stepped in to take some of the 70 Australian Shepherds taken from that home.

Animal cruelty charges could come sometime this week against the woman who owned the dogs and was a licensed kennel and breeder. Her license was revoked Monday.

Staff at the shelter worked well into the night Monday, cleaning impacted mud and fecal matter from many of the 70 pure bred show dogs. One staff member said it would have taken weeks for the dogs to get so much dirt and mud built up on their paws and fur. Some had urine-stained paws, as well.

Authorities have not released the woman's name as of Tuesday.

In an email to wilx.com, a staff member noted, "Thanks to the press coverage we were able to achieve the unimaginable--we moved all our adoptable dogs into homes either with adopters or foster families as of 6 pm tonight ! Thank you!"

Animal Control Director Jamie McAloon Lampman echoed that excitement Tuesday.

"We've found a lot of good fosters for the future," she said.

Because of the overwhelming response, the shelter has now added many names of potential homes that could take in animals in the event of a future emergency.

McAloon Lampman said cars and people lined up before they opened and were there all day until 7 p.m.

"It was a great day."


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