BREAKING NEWS: 12 Puppies Seized in Middleboro SWAT Team Raid Come to ARL
Our focus: getting them healthy and ready for adoption
During a drug and weapons raid on a home in Middleboro, MA, on Wednesday morning, police found 17 pit bulls–4 adults and 13 puppies–jammed into a small crate. All the dogs were emaciated and dehydrated; the puppies covered in feces and riddled with worms.
The local veterinarian who provided urgent care to the puppies described them as “little bone racks,” and believes at least one of the puppies wouldn’t have made it through another night if authorities hadn’t found him.
Middleboro Animal Control contacted the Animal Rescue League of Boston for help, and all but one of the rescued pups checked into the three ARL adoption centers in Boston, Dedham, and Brewster. The one puppy too sick to travel remained under the care of the local vet. (UPDATE: Once this puppy was healthy enough she was brought to the ARL and placed in our foster program. We call her Baby Bell.)
As widely reported in the media, the puppies had clearly been living in cruel conditions.
Lt. Alan Borgal, director of the ARL’s Center for Animal Protection, suspects the dogs’ previous owner, now under arrest, had a side-business selling dogs: “I think this was a case of a ‘backyard breeder’–an individual who’s not professional breeder and just trying to make a quick buck. They don’t put a lot of care into the animal.”
Over the next few weeks, care-givers at the ARL’s adoption centers will focus on getting the pups healthy and ready for adoption. In spite of their rough start on life, these little guys and gals are snugly, playful, and sweet-as-can-be.
We will keep you posted on their progress and when they will be ready for adoption!
This is so sad an inhumane. Everyone of these beautiful, little Pit Bull pups deserves a loving home, a forever home, where they can live a life full of love, care, fun, and respect as a member of the family. I would LOVE to adopt one of these pups, anyone one of them. I do prefer female dogs because they bond with me, the alpha female of the house, in such a loving way. My last dog passed 4 years ago. She was a Boxer and she lived for 14 years. She had a long and beautiful life, loved by the whole family. It took some time, but about a year ago, I decided it was time to find our next family member, a new dog. I have been waiting for just the right dog. I knew I would find her when it was time. I would love to adopt one of these beautiful pup’s and give her the same love, care, and time that I have given to my past dogs. I keep my pets indoors, but take them out several times a day for walks and for exercise and play. I am a stay at home Mom who’s kid’s are grown, and who’s husband works all day. I would LOVE the companionship of a beautiful new dog. I have one cat. His name is Duncan. He is 4 years old. He is familiar with dogs because we have 2 living next door. He doesn’t really pay any attention to them, shows no fear or interest. He likes to do his own thing, sleep on my bed all day, sometimes moving to a sunspot or approaching me for some affection. I do not think he would be a problem with a new pup because I am home almost ALL the time, and when I’m not, my husband is. We are animal lovers and treat our pets as family members. We would love and adore a new puppy at this point. And I have a special interest in wanting to adopt a Pit Bull puppy. That is because I see on the news so often that they are SO mistreated by people, used, abused, and killed many times. I also do not believe that a dog is born ‘mean’ by nature. So, I would especially love a Pit Bull puppy to raise in love, affection and comfort, giving her all the proper care, love and attention that a puppy deserves. Pit Bulls need love. I want one to love. ♥