PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) -The Humane Society of Parkersburg (HSOP) rescued 146 dogs from a single location late Wednesday afternoon.
Samantha Tannous, the shelter manager, said a tip came in from a neighboring resident, who notified them that there were around 10 chihuahuas inside the house.
“Our humane officers went there and just from the looks and feces that was present, we knew there was probably more than 10,” Tannous said. “We were not expecting 146.”
“Things just got out of hand,” said executive director Gary McIntyre. The dogs, unfortunately, were not spayed or neutered, and because of that, they just continued to have litters of dogs and then each new litter began to have additional litters.”
Volunteer Dreama Alderman was surprised by the amount of dogs that were brought in.
” I’ve been volunteering for years, for so many years, and they have had cases like this, but none like this one,” Alderman said. “This is the biggest.”
McIntyre added saying he is thankful for the support from the community with the donations and help at the shelter.
“I have to say the community has been extremely supportive of everything that we have been doing,” McIntire said, “Yesterday we sent out a post fairly quickly that we needed metal crates. We knew with the number of dogs is increasing. It seemed like about every 30 minutes the number got higher and higher because initially we thought we were talking about 30 dogs.”
The Parkersburg City police have been notified about the situation.
HSOP staff are now in the process of taking care of the newly arrived dogs at the shelter.
“They’re all here at the shelter right now, while some are in foster homes,” Tannous said. “Right now we’re just in the process of getting them cleaned up, getting them vaccinated, and their nails trimmed. That’s what we’re working with.”
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