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Scores of dogs rescued near Winnipeg

The Winnipeg Humane Society has rescued 71 dogs from a location outside the city, in what is considered to be the largest dog seizure in the past four years.

Winnipeg dog rescue

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71 dogs have been rescued from garage north of Winnipeg.

The Winnipeg Humane Society has rescued 71 dogs from a garage outsideWinnipeg on Tuesday evening, in what officials say was the largest dog seizure in four years.

Humane society staff and RCMP spent several hours rescuing the bulldogs and Lhasa Apso dogs from a garage in West St. Paul,located north of the city, and transporting them to the society's headquarters.

"They've got stains on their feet, their fur is matted, et cetera, which is an indication of unsanitary conditions," Bill McDonald, the humane society's chief executive officer, told CBC News.

Once the dogs arrived, more than 30 society volunteers tagged and identified the animals before veterinarians began examining each of them for disease, malnutrition, and other signs of poor health.

McDonald did not have further information on Tuesday about how the dogs came to be in the garage.

The largest dog seizure in Manitoba's history was in 2000, when 120puppies and adult dogswere rescued from a puppy mill in Steinbach.

Nevertheless, McDonald said, Tuesday's seizure is the largest he has seen in recent years.

"These kinds of operations [produce] good for the animals. I have to think like that; otherwise, I'd cry everyday when I got up and came to work," he said.

Corrections

  • The Winnipeg Humane Society seized the dogs from a garage in the West St. Paul area, not in St. Andrews as previously reported.
    Oct 04, 2013 12:46 AM CT