See Update - 10/10/08 - More on Kathy Bauck, MN Puppy Miller Charged with 9 Felonies- VIDEO

Facing nine counts of felony animal cruelty, torture, and practicing veterinary medicine without a license, Kathy Jo Bauck who owns Pick of the Litter Kennel in New York Mills, MN, will none the less get to keep her kennel of 1000+ dogs due to a loophole in the law.

Unbelievable!!!

“She has been cited for inadequate record-keeping, animals with swollen limbs, missing skin, animal fighting with each other inside her facility, unsafe and unsanitary housing. You name it, she’s been cited many times by the USDA,” Jill Fritz, Minnesota Humane Society Director said.

Bauck has been under fire time and again and still continues to operate. Now she’s been charged with events that took place in April and May of this year, documented, photographed and videotaped by then kennel worker, Jason Smith of the Companion Animal Protection Society, including;

• On April 22, Smith said he saw an injured female white American bulldog limping with wounds to both cheeks, with the left side being the worst. Smith said he was directed by Bauck to treat the dog’s left cheek with “Clorox water”. Smith obeyed and said the dog kept pulling away as he dabbed the solution on the wound. Smith said that by April 26, the dog’s cheek appeared to be infected and was bleeding again.

• On May 10, a pregnant English springer spaniel gave birth to a litter of nine puppies; two died at birth. Bauck told Smith she later treated the puppies’ mother with a shot of penicillin/genocin.

• On May 5, Smith said he found a pregnant bichon giving birth to puppies. One was already dead and another was hanging from its umbilical cord. Smith reported the births to Bauck. Smith said Bauck treated the mother with a shot of calcium sulfate to “aid contractions,” then reached inside the mother to pull a puppy out – without washing her hands.

• Bauck and two female kennel workers worked to pull more puppies out. The three women used surgical clamps to remove the puppies, which resulted in one puppy’s tail being torn off. Bauck continued to pull tufts of puppy fur from the mother until she allegedly tore the rear leg off the dead puppy. On May 9, the mother dog was found dead in her pen. Her hindquarters were still covered in afterbirth.

The complaint also illustrates dozens of cases of dogs suffering from wounds, swollen eyes, missing flesh, bloody sores, seizures, and emaciation while at the kennel — and receiving either improper medical treatment or none at all.

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I will lend to you for awhile
a puppy, God said,
For you to love him while he lives
and to mourn for him when he is gone.
Maybe for twelve or fourteen years,
or maybe for two or three
But will you, till I call him back
take care of him for me?

He’ll bring his charms to gladden you
and (should his stay be brief)
you’ll always have his memories
as solace for your grief.
I cannot promise that he will stay,
since all from earth return,
But there are lessons taught below
I want this pup to learn.

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“My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.” - Anna Sewell.

Are you a sharer in the guilt? Do you see no evil, hear no evil and then speak no evil? Until we, as a society, stop objectifying companion animals and stop treating them as a disposable commodity, we are all sharers in the guilt. We’re better than this. Do something.

If You Do Nothing, You Will Bear the Guilt