49 dogs seized from Peotone barn (Chicago Tribune)

[Swiftwind]

49 dogs seized from Peotone barn
Chicago Tribune - Tribune staff report
March 2, 2008

PEOTONE - Authorities raided a suspected puppy mill Saturday in Will County, seizing 49 dogs in stacked cages and covered in excrement, the Cook County sheriff's office said. Authorities raided a Peotone farmhouse about 11 a.m. in response to a weeklong investigation of a possible dogfighting or puppy-mill operation in Cook County, said Penny Mateck, a sheriff's spokeswoman.

Although there were no pit bulls or signs of dogfighting, authorities found 49 dogs ranging in age from 3 months to 4 years in an unheated barn, Mateck said.

All the dogs were taken into protective custody and are being evaluated by veterinarians at PAWS in Tinley Park, an official for the animal welfare society said. The woman has not been charged, Mateck said.

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I can't believe that the woman wasn't charged! It's just rediculous!

[Ritz459]

The woman wasn't charged? What the heck? Not neglect, abuse, anything?

Draus said investigators left 15 puppies they found inside the woman's home in her care because they were too young to be safely transported.

15 puppies? Those poor things. I hope the investigators are going back to get them once they are old enough.