Officials: Lack of laws thwarted action sooner on Mason Creek Kennels
Caldwell County officials said Friday they were aware of worsening conditions at a now-closed kennel but were thwarted from acting by laws that don't address minimum standards for commercial breeders.
On Thursday, animal control officers raided Mason Creek Kennels, where they seized 276 dogs, mostly smaller breeds, including some with serious ailments and infections and living in small, feces-encrusted cages.
By Friday, the county shelter was flooded by calls from people who want to help or adopt the rescued dogs.
Greg Greene, Caldwell County's animal control director, said officers had gone to the kennel several times in recent years and had asked the owner, William "Bill" Thomas Allen, to make changes.
"He used to do a real good job and had a nice facility," Greene said of the kennel on Free Mason Road in Hudson, about 70 miles northwest of Charlotte.
Initially, Allen complied, Greene said, but over the past two years, the standard of care for the animals had declined steadily.
But it wasn't until this week that investigators felt they had legal justification to seize the animals from the kennel, where they found dogs kept in dirty kennels or small, stacked cages. Now, Allen will face charges of animal neglect and cruelty - both misdemeanors.
"There are no laws on the books about puppy mills," Greene said. "We have to wait until they fit the criteria for neglect and cruelty."
It's unclear how many of the nation's 10,000 commercial dog breeders would qualify as puppy mills, said Kim Alboum, the N.C. director of the Humane Society of the United States, which assisted in the rescue of the dogs.
Another group, In Defense of Animals, said a few Midwestern states are home to the nation's largest concentration of puppy mills.
But commercial breeders aren't regulated unless they sell to pet stores or research labs, Alboum said.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture regulates those types of breeders. But unless states pass more stringent laws, there are no minimum standards for commercial breeders who sell directly to the public.
Alboum said N.C. animal advocates have been pushing for three years for a state law to set breeder requirements for veterinary care, housing and exercise. The bill stalled in the General Assembly after some lawmakers said it was too divisive. Among the opponents was the N.C. Pork Council, which represents the multibillion-dollar pork industry and feared influence from the Humane Society.
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