Dozens of dogs have been removed from what the Greene County Sheriff’s Office has said was a puppy mill operating out of the village of Free Union.
While charges are pending, the sheriff’s office has not publicly identified the alleged mill’s owners.
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office division seized 81 dogs, some pregnant, from a puppy mill in Free Union, Monday, June 10, 2024.
The sheriff’s office’s Animal Control Division says it has removed 81 dogs after a criminal investigation into the mill found the animals had been living in unsanitary conditions and were not being cared for.
A search warranted was obtained and executed on Monday, according to the sheriff’s office.
The dogs at an alleged puppy mill in the village of Free Union in Greene County were suffering under poor living conditions, according to local authorities who raided the mill on Monday, June 10, 2024.
A licensed veterinarian and the Animal Control Division on the scene determined that the living conditions and overall well-being of the animals, which included grown and pregnant dogs as well as puppies, were poor.
“The licensed veterinarian, along with animal control determined that living conditions and overall well-being of the dogs was poor. There were eighty-one dogs, adult males, puppies, females, and some were pregnant. Therefore, all dogs on location were removed and are currently in placement with dog shelters or rescue organizations,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
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Greene County authorities and veterinarians reported poor living conditions inside a Free Union puppy mill that was raided on Monday, June 10, 2024.
All dogs on site were removed and have been placed in dog shelters and with animal rescue organizations.
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office said the following organizations have assisted in rescuing or caring for the animals: Dogs Deserve Better of Blue Ridge, Green Dogs Unleashed, Sanctuary Rescue, For the Love Poodles, Oldies but Goodies, the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA, Rad Rescue, the Louisa County Animal Shelter, Volunteer Veterinarian, Orange County Animal Control, the University of Virginia Police Department, the Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office, the Stanardsville Volunteer Fire Department as well as several individual volunteers.
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