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An Arkansas animal shelter is devastated and angry after they say someone targeted their dogs in an overnight attack, and it’s not the first time.

Early Wednesday morning, employees at the Humane Society of the Delta say they showed up to find a bloodbath.

"You could hear the fighting," said care and operations manager Reta Merritt.

Eight dogs had been released from their pens, and some thrown into pens with other dogs.

Shelter workers believe whoever did it brought their own dogs along and used the shelter pups as “bait” to practice dog fighting.

Almost every dog was hurt, but Rubio – a hound mix who’s at least 10 years old – got the worst of it.

"He probably has 20-plus puncture wounds in his head, his throat, his back," Merritt said. "On his side, he’s got a hole about the size of a quarter that you can see in."

Five years ago, several dogs were hurt in a similar incident. And in 2016, three dogs were killed the same way.
https://fox13now.com/2018/10/15/she...after-break-in-dog-fighting-attack-suspected/
 
Close or move that shelter. One time is bad enough, this has now happened twice? Nope, uh-uh. You either in a BAD area, or too lacking in funds to properly operate.
 
Crikey, can't they run a fund raiser for a decent camera system?

Being as it's for an animal shelter I'm pretty sure they'd get the money for it in nothing flat.
 
A dog named Rubio is doing much better after he was forced to fight inside The Humane Society of the Delta.

Rubio was attacked by other dogs at a shelter nearly two weeks ago.
The Director of the Humane Society of the Delta says someone broke into the building and then made dogs fight each other.

Rubio had several surgeries.
More than $20,000 dollars has been raised to pay for the pup’s medical bills and to fix damaged kennels at the shelter.
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Horrendous, frightful, and deplorable are the words from the mayor and police chief of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas after a search warrant was served on the local animal shelter Thursday.
Police Chief James Smith said 240 dogs and 45 cats were found living in filth at the Humane Society of the Delta. The shelter director faces hundreds of felony counts of animal abuse and volunteers are desperately needed to care for these animals.


“Well, it was just abuse,” said Chief Smith. “It was just total abuse.”Helena-West Helena police and Phillips County sheriff’s deputies raided the shelter early Thursday morning.



“We found emaciated dogs,” said Mayor Kevin Smith. “We found rat colonies by the hundreds. We found dead rats in dog pens, and feces, and trash. The conditions are frightful.”
Investigators arrested shelter director Reta Merritt Roberts and charged her with 285 felony counts of animal cruelty. The arrest comes after volunteers complained about the animals being mistreated, neglected, and physically abused by workers. The shelter also has an outstanding water bill of more than $29,000.

“Money from around the U.S. was actually coming here to help take care of these animals at this facility,” said Chief Smith. “So, you got people who are asking where’s the money? What is actually happening?”
Veterinarians are now examining the cats and dogs. More volunteers are needed to feed the animals and clean their cages.
Chief Smith said there may be more arrests in the case.

“There was substantial evidence that was found that approximately 31 cats had died on this premises,” he said.
Officers also entered a mobile home on the property where Roberts lives with her family, including a small child. Officers said they observed animal excrement and urine throughout the residence as well as rats inside the trailer. Chief Smith said it appears the shelter abuse went on for years without any checks and balances, something Smith promised to correct.


“We just want to make it better for the animals,” said Mayor Smith, “and make it what our community deserves.”
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The lawsuit said the shelter remains closed as of May 2022, without water service, and that the site has been broken into several times.

“What the Mayor did was not only unjust,” said Gloria Higginbotham, a local business owner that lawsuit said provided funding to the shelter, “but also a huge disservice to the community, which now has nowhere to house and manage its growing population of stray animals. Using the pretext of a disputed water bill, the Mayor unnecessarily shuttered our facility and made the city’s stray animal problem considerably worse, with no alternative solution in sight.”
 
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