This is the worst room and this is pretty rough in here
Look at this dog!
This dog has become one with the cage!
I am very concerned about this dog
I mean he is just matted through to the cage
This is obviously a combination of urine
feces, mud, and dog food
You'd think that...
...with all the chaos out here of us coming in
and pulling these animals out
there would be a lot of barking but these dogs
have just succumbed to death I mean they are ready to die
they've given up a long time ago
little do they know that they're actually for the very first time
going to have the opportunity to be dogs
dogs they were never given the opportunity to be
This dog's nothing but a big mat
This dog is a sack of bones
the animals were removed from the property and have been brought back to
the emergency shelter
where they're being assessed by team veterinarians and
having evidence collection conducted
his entire body is matted This is a huge mat here
this whole back section is one mat
he was obviously on the the bottom
of the stacked cages he was a lower cage
he's blind
and of course matted severely he can barely walk
He's looking pretty bad, his matting
is horrible he's very kind of depressed
his eyes are totally glazed over
I just can't imagine
imagine
let's give him a few minutes to relax
shake! There you go!
most of them are still amazingly friendly and happy to be
in a situation where they can actually breathe fresh air
so they've been
surprisingly upbeat for situations
that they've come from
after a two day drip from Arkansas to Washington
D.C. They are now here at the Washington Animal Rescue League
got an amazing team of volunteers and staff who will be working to rehabilitate these dogs
over the next couple of days Amazing team of veterinaries
that will provide them with the necessary medical care eventually get them spayed
and neutered
and available for adoption