wook77 | Update - information.

I've alluded to legal things going on at my job and now that the news has hit CNN, I'm able to discuss it in a bit more depth.

I work for an animal organization here in Tucson, Arizona. We have, in the past month, helped to break up a fighting dog breeding ring. That resulted in 150 pitbulls being housed at Pima Animal Care Center with the Humane Society of Southern Arizona taking in approximately 70-80 dogs from PACC and adopting them out.

Now - Pima County has a huge hoarding case. At last count (the animals are still rolling in so it's rather hard to give you a completely up to date number) there are 755 dogs and 40 exotic birds. There are puppies being born as I type this. The conditions at the house were horrible - the carpet squished from the urine. In addition - the dogs were stacked in crates one on top of another. These crates were open wire cages. This started as a puppy mill and quickly became a hoarding case.

Some links so you can see what is going on - cnn video. KVOA. KOLD. KOLD Telethon. Official HSSA Information.

To put it bluntly - there is no fucking way that the Humane Society has the financial resources to take care of 800 animals unexpectedly. They normally house 200 dogs. They have converted the large conference room to house the exotic birds. They have converted their training center into an emergency triage/shelter for the dogs.

I very rarely solicite for donations. For this? I'm going to. Considering that the HSSA is housing these animals, I'm going to link to the HSSA website donation information - Donate. Please.