Oh lordy . I noticed Hillsborough county animal services had a bunch come in. Probably they are placing them everywhere. I will have to keep repeating "3 Chis is enough" over and over..lol
________________________________ From: Susanne Defoe <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 4, 2012 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] 100 Chihuahuas found in Seward, NE homes The rescue we volunteer for in Sarasota FL said that Sarasota Animal Services just pulled 250 dogs out of a hoarding situation there, They are all Chi's, Maltese and Poodles. So sad. None of them are housebroken or have ever walked on a leash. some have never been outside. They are looking for foster homes. Sue On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 100 Chihuahuas found in Seward, NE homes > > > > > >Chihuahuas huddle together at the Humane Society in Omaha, Friday, April 6, >2012. More than 100 Chihuahuas have been taken in by the Nebraska Humane >Society after a Seward breeding operation was shut down. > > > > > > >They didn't mean to make a puppy mill, officials say, but members of the Bick >family apparently got more than they expected with a chihuahua breeding >operation at two houses in Seward. > >"I think that it got out of control," said Pam Wiese, a spokeswoman for the >Nebraska Humane Society in Omaha. > >The Omaha shelter ended up taking 88 of 100 dogs found yipping and scratching >inside the adjacent, one-story houses. The other dozen went to the Capital >Humane Society in Lincoln. > >The Seward Police Department put the Bick family on notice March 19 after >getting complaints about the number of dogs, according to a timeline from >Seward city officials. > >The Bicks drove 63 of the chihuahuas to the Omaha humane society that Friday, >but held on to dozens more. Monday, they dropped off 12 more in Lincoln. > >When city and state officials returned to the houses Wednesday, 26 chihuahuas >remained and were taken to the Nebraska Humane Society. > >And the Bicks, who own one house and rent the other, were forced to move out >because of high levels of ammonia inside. > >Sherdon and Theresa Bick -- a mother and daughter-in-law -- have been cited >for having unlicensed dogs and violating dog kenneling laws, said Seward City >Administrator Brett Baker. > >"The city was very lenient with them," he said. "We thought they were gonna >comply." > >Wiese of the Nebraska Humane Society said 20 of the chihuahuas have been >adopted. The remaining dogs are not yet available. > >The dogs are mostly healthy, but some have fleas or treatable skin and fur >issues from scratching, Wiese said. > >"In all honesty, these guys are in pretty good shape." > >Reach Zach Pluhacek at 402-473-7234 or [email protected]. > > > >Read more: >http://journalstar.com/news/local/chihuahuas-found-in-seward-homes/article_705c7099-e295-5d49-b858-df38024f549a.html#ixzz1twoyw8Zq >
