People Flock to Adopt Rescued Pine Bluff Kennel Dogs, More Disturbing Details Emerge
Posted on 2008 under Crimes Against Canines, Furbabies in Need of Help, Just Sad :(, Neglect, News & Updates, Puppy Mills, Rescues & Adoptions |3 Jul
As the dogs and puppies from the recent TN Pine Bluff Kennel puppy mill start to become available for adoption at the shelters, hundreds and hundreds of people are flocking to adopt the small dogs.
At the Atlanta Humane Society, more than 200 people were lined up before the doors even opened to adopt one of the 47 dogs that were available on Tuesday. The rescued dogs were available for adoption for $200. Competition was so fierce that fights broke out and people were actually scalping, selling dogs to those farther back in line for an extra $100.
Many people left sad and empty handed but the remaining 82 dogs will be available for adoption on Saturday and others in several weeks after they’ve gotten the medical care they need. The Humane Society called police on Tuesday and there will be there again on Saturday for crowd control.
One of the most positive aspects is that people also adopted many of the mix-breed dogs that were also at the shelter looking for homes.
Atlanta Humane Society president Carl Leveridge was happy that momentum from the puppy adoptions carried over to the other 250 dogs and cats at the shelter; by mid-afternoon, 45 of the non-purebreds had been adopted.
“We knew we’d get the little fluffies [from Tennessee] adopted, but we were hoping some of the momentum would be carried over to the mixed breeds,” he said.
Broward County Humane Society faced the same thing Tuesday, crowds lined up to adopt rescued puppies.
“It was well over 1,000, maybe 2,000 people,” said Cherie Wachter of the Broward County Humane Society. “What’s amazing is they still keep coming.”
People got frustrated in the chaos and crush.
“I don’t want people to feel frustrated. I know it’s really busy and we are working as fast as we can,” said Maria Zamudio as shelter volunteers were washing animals trying to get them ready for adoption.
As in Atlanta, Broward County Humane Society volunteers and staff reminded everyone that even if they didn’t get to adopt one of the dogs brought here from the Tennessee puppy mill, there are dozens of other animals in South Florida shelters who are in need of a loving home.
While all of this is wonderful news for the rescued dogs and it seems there will be no shortage of homes, more disturbing details are emerging about Pine Bluff Kennels and the puppy mill proprietor, Patricia Adkisson.
Investigator Barry Carroll stated that a confidential informant who worked at the kennels told police Adkisson would kill dogs that were old, sick or otherwise “not adoptable.”
“Ms. Adkisson has never taken any of these animals to a veterinarian, not even for the purposes of vaccinations required by state law,” Carroll wrote in the search warrant. “If any of the dogs received treatment it was given by Ms. Adkisson usually prior to being sold.”
The informant told Carroll that Adkisson was trying to obtain drugs from a black market in Australia. The informant said all the animals that died were placed into a bucket inside the puppy kennel where they were left sometimes for days until Adkisson put them in bags and took them to a dump. (WBIR)
I know that investigators are being thorough so that the same thing doesn’t happen that happened in 1998, when the charges were overturned but I do hope to be charges filed soon. This woman is one serious POS who has neglect, abused and tortured dogs for years to line her pocket!
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by Kerry, on July 3 2008 @ 2:48 pm
This POS will never get what she deserves through the legal system..all we can hope is the Karma cops will take care of it…piece of greedy trash!!
by Seema, on July 3 2008 @ 3:07 pm
I would love to adopt a puppy for my 3yr old daughter who loves dogs with a passion.
We live in Tampa, if any of these thankfully rescued pups would like a home with us, we would be more than happy to share our love and home with them.
Look forward to hearing from anyone.
Thanks
by Shelly, on July 4 2008 @ 5:57 am
Seema.. there are always lots of dogs in your local area that need a good home. Please adopt locally!
by Virginia Greenwood-Warner, on July 4 2008 @ 9:23 am
Yes we’ll have to rely on karma because legally she’ll never pay for her cruelty and greed.
by Admin, on July 4 2008 @ 10:56 am
@Kerry & @Virginia Greenwood-Warner - Kerry and Virginia, yes Karma will catch up with her one day but I can hope that she will face some kind of justice her and soon. No, it will never come close to paying for her cruelty and crimes, but I pray it will be something, enough to send a message to others who think it’s acceptable to treat innocent, living, breathing creatures like this.
@Shelly - Thank you Shelly, this is my advise to Seema exactly. There are so many dogs and puppies in need of loving homes, I’m sure Seema, that you will easily be able to find a sweet baby to add to your home.
by bernice leo, on July 4 2008 @ 11:48 am
the judge that first gave out such a light sentence should be required to go live the way those poor animals had to live for a few months. and someone should check to see if he was involved with her in some of her ventures. wouldn’t be the first time.
several years ago i worked in a pet store in ct. and the hunt corp. used to supply them with puppies. they also bought from independants. i recognised her name but i don’t know if it was thru the hunt corp. or as an independant. i left the pet shop after a short time when i became educated about puppy mills but not before i rescued 2 of the sickest chihuahua puppies i ever saw. neither one was expected to live thru the trip to the vet. hernia’s, kennel cough and double pneumonia. and one has bad knees. but they are my best buds today and healthy.
i won’t even walk into a pet store that sells puppies and kittens today at the malls. i know the horror’s at the other end, or should i say the begining, where they come from.
the next time you’re on the interstate in the deep sout or pa., realy look at the farm buildings you pass. if you see what looks like covered enclosures on the backs of barns and outbuildings, pull over, and listen. i bet you hear the barking of dogs. lots of dogs. those are some of your puppy mills. hidden in plain sight. they are not all buried in the deep woods.
by terri, on July 4 2008 @ 1:22 pm
This same woman sold me a chocolate lab in 98. He only lived to be 5 years old. I loved him like a son, he had extensive problems and was featured on Channel 2 news (wkrn) when I got involved in the bust. I was ignorant as to what a puppy mill was. It wasn’t until I got him home and his behavior was not like that of our older yellow lab. He was very scared, shakey and was scared of people.
He was given the home of a King which he deserved. What he didn’t deserve was his imbreeding which is what our vet said caused some of his health problems.
I will forever miss my Chase. I wish the first bust would have been the last bust. I now pray this woman gets what she deserves and that no other precious animal has to go through what my boy did.
Justice needs to be served this time around and I wish the best for the rescued babies, that they will be given a second lease on life and the quality of a home and life they deserve.
May GOD BLESS all of you that are involved with this shut down and rescue.
Terri
by Kerry, on July 4 2008 @ 2:38 pm
Lets hope some shade of justice is cast upon this pathetic POS!!Thousands of non-humans cloak their torture and cruelty with a commercial breeder license..WAKE UP AMERICA!!Commercial breeding of this magnitude is sick,demented,greed fueled insanity!!
by Dog Lover, on July 4 2008 @ 9:21 pm
May she burn in hell for what she has done!!!
by Kristyl, on July 5 2008 @ 8:42 pm
PLEASE STOP BUYING FROM PET STORES…AKA PUPPY MILL HOLDING TANKS!!! And please, America, stop having this fetish for puppies. You people scare me…puppies grow up! And then they get dumped by people who just wanted a cute little puppy. If you saw the mother’s who have been used as breeders in these dumps, and how they look at you so sadly and have had such a rotten life thus far…your hearts would bleed for them. Their the one’s who really NEED YOU!!! Anyone can take a puppy home, cuz their cute. But I have to tell you…they are a lot of work too!!! Adopt an older dog!!! They will love you forever and you get the opportunity to show them what it feels like to be loved and cared for the rest of their lives. That’s the least they deserve. Also, people who are suddenly flocking to grab a purebred puppy and fighting over them don’t deserve them. Go to your local shelter…there are tons of them and always has been. Their are also AKC Kennel clubs with breed rescues. Why do many of you have to jump on the band wagon and go to grab a puppy when it hits the media…then get angry when they say their are only age 7 months and up available at the moment? It’s about the LOVE, not the age. Please change your mindset!