Animal Care and Protective Services confirmed a total of 56 dogs were rescued from bad conditions during a raid of two homes on Thursday.
Jacksonville Animal Care and Protective Services Chief Michael Bricker yesterday’s seizure of dogs placed a spotlight on the need for more people to adopt or foster animals at the shelter.during a raid of two homes on ThursdayAnd when you add that number to the number of other dogs that were brought into the shelter, it totaled 80 dogs in one day.
When 56 dogs were rescued from what has been described as unhealthy living conditions at two Jacksonville homes that were raided by police, they were taken to a city shelter that has 264 dog kennels but currently more than 300 dogs. “When we came in this morning, because of all the coverage and because people knew what happened, and the social media posts, we had a line of people out here,” Bricker said.
“Peeples” is one of the dogs that was confiscated during Thursday’s raid. Peeples was injured and right now, Peeples needs a home.
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