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Broken bones, diseases and mold in food bowls. Dozens of animals were rescued from a shelter that was meant to keep them safe. An Anniston animal shelter abruptly closed its doors this week, leaving about 60 animals in need of immediate care. The Greater Birmingham Humane Society jumped in to help.Some dogs and cats are in bad shape, the others are in quarantine while they are vetted and tested for contagious diseases like parvo. Once that's done, they will be available for adoption or foster care. They all came from a shelter in Anniston we reported on a few months ago. We want to warn you some of the video we're about to show you is disturbing.The League for Animal Welfare is where the Greater Birmingham Humane Society was called to rescue about 60 dogs and cats. The League for Animal Welfare shut down this week, leaving sick and injured animals behind.“I kept saying, you're raising all this money. I don’t understand why when we get the animals, they're in this shape,” GHBS Director Allison Black-Cornelius said.Now those animals are being cared for by GBHS veterinarians.“There is a nursing mother that looks like she was quite hit by a car or some sort of trauma that wasn't addressed. That is being seen now at the hospital, maybe a broken pelvis or a broken bones. There was a dog with the broken leg that we believe we'll have to amputate. There's another dog with a trauma to its leg that we're not sure what's going to happen with that dog,” Black-Cornelius said.WVTM13 visited The League for Animal Welfare in April after former volunteers and other animal advocates called us about the inhumane conditions they documented there. GBHS has been there several times over the last few years to remove and care for sick animals.“This is just a really sad situation. And I really do hope that if it's appropriate, law enforcement and the attorney general's office is appropriate, that they look into it. Because when something like this happens, it impacts all of us that are in in this work,” Black-Cornelius said.We reached out to the Calhoun County District Attorney's office to ask about any potential charges in this case but were not able to reach anyone there.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —
Broken bones, diseases and mold in food bowls. Dozens of animals were rescued from a shelter that was meant to keep them safe. An Anniston animal shelter abruptly closed its doors this week, leaving about 60 animals in need of immediate care. The Greater Birmingham Humane Society jumped in to help.
Some dogs and cats are in bad shape, the others are in quarantine while they are vetted and tested for contagious diseases like parvo. Once that's done, they will be available for adoption or foster care. They all came from a shelter in Anniston we reported on a few months ago. We want to warn you some of the video we're about to show you is disturbing.
The League for Animal Welfare is where the Greater Birmingham Humane Society was called to rescue about 60 dogs and cats. The League for Animal Welfare shut down this week, leaving sick and injured animals behind.
“I kept saying, you're raising all this money. I don’t understand why when we get the animals, they're in this shape,” GHBS Director Allison Black-Cornelius said.
Now those animals are being cared for by GBHS veterinarians.
“There is a nursing mother that looks like she was quite hit by a car or some sort of trauma that wasn't addressed. That is being seen now at the hospital, maybe a broken pelvis or a broken bones. There was a dog with the broken leg that we believe we'll have to amputate. There's another dog with a trauma to its leg that we're not sure what's going to happen with that dog,” Black-Cornelius said.
WVTM13 visited The League for Animal Welfare in April after former volunteers and other animal advocates called us about the inhumane conditions they documented there. GBHS has been there several times over the last few years to remove and care for sick animals.
“This is just a really sad situation. And I really do hope that if it's appropriate, law enforcement and the attorney general's office is appropriate, that they look into it. Because when something like this happens, it impacts all of us that are in in this work,” Black-Cornelius said.
We reached out to the Calhoun County District Attorney's office to ask about any potential charges in this case but were not able to reach anyone there.
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