Animal control officers corral a dog seized Monday afternoon from a home on Bill Epley Avenue. Officers took 105 dogs, including 25 puppies, to the Burke County Animal Control shelter. Burke County Friends for Animals will help determine if the dogs can be socialized and adopted.
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Billy Causby, a dog handler with Burke County Friends for Animals, calms down some of the dogs at the Burke County Animal Control shelter that were seized Monday afternoon from a home on Bill Epley Avenue. Burke County sheriff's deputies, along with neighboring animal control agencies and BCFFA, seized 105 dogs, including 25 puppies, from the home.
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Burke County Animal Control took 105 dogs, including the puppies pictured, Monday afternoon from a property on Bill Epley Avenue. All the puppies are less than 6 weeks old. The dogs seized ranged in age from the puppies to four to five years old.
MORGANTON, N.C. -- More than 100 dogs and puppies were seized Monday afternoon from a home on Bill Epley Avenue when Burke County Sheriff’s deputies found them in “inhumane” living conditions.
Animal control officers corral a dog seized Monday afternoon from a home on Bill Epley Avenue. Officers took 105 dogs, including 25 puppies, to the Burke County Animal Control shelter. Burke County Friends for Animals will help determine if the dogs can be socialized and adopted.
Billy Causby, a dog handler with Burke County Friends for Animals, calms down some of the dogs at the Burke County Animal Control shelter that were seized Monday afternoon from a home on Bill Epley Avenue. Burke County sheriff's deputies, along with neighboring animal control agencies and BCFFA, seized 105 dogs, including 25 puppies, from the home.
Burke County Animal Control took 105 dogs, including the puppies pictured, Monday afternoon from a property on Bill Epley Avenue. All the puppies are less than 6 weeks old. The dogs seized ranged in age from the puppies to four to five years old.
