Two dozen dogs found neglected in U-Haul truck headed to Colorado for rehab
(CBS) EAGLE, Colo. - Close to two dozen badly neglected dogs are being transported to Colorado for rehab and adoption, after they were found stuffed inside a U-Haul in Tennessee.
CBS Denver reports two women, Bonnie Sheehan, 55 and Pamela A. King-McCracken, 59, were arrested in Fayette County, Tennessee after a cop making a traffic stop noticed a bad smell. The cop then discovered 128 dogs and a cat suffering in the back of the truck.
Char Quinn, the head of the Eagle Valley Humane Society in Colorado, heard about the 144 dogs found in cages in the back of the moving van. She immediately packed her bags and traveled to help the animals.
Quinn is a member of a national animal response team that gets called in to major disasters and events.
"So we got called to come in and help take care of the animals," she said. "Some of the dogs were pretty traumatized."
The two women with the U-Haul were linked to an animal rescue group in California. They were arrested in and charged with animal neglect.
Quinn came back to Colorado this weekend and brought back two dogs still being rehabilitated -- Bugsy, a dachshund with big eyes, and a Chihuahua-mix named Hauly, named after the moving van she was rescued from.
Over 20 dogs are expected to come to Eagle County for rehab. It will then be Quinn's job to foster them and find them homes.
January 19, 2012 - More than 100 dogs and one cat found stuffed in U-Haul truck