90 Animals Found Packed In U-haul - Arkansas

[Catty1]

http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.as...81654&nav=0jsh

September 16, 2007--Posted at 12:55 pm CDT

LITTLE ROCK - An Arkadelphia couple is accused of animal cruelty after more than 90 dogs, cats and birds were found abandoned in a U-Haul in Little Rock.

Forty-two-year-old Johnny Franklin Maynard and 54-year-old Sharon Ann Maynard are to appeal in court tomorrow on 172 animal cruelty charges.

The charges include neglect and failure to provide medical aid. Volunteers and Little Rock Animal Shelter staffers worked overnight Friday evaluating the conditions of the animals.

Purebred Chihuahuas, Pekingese, poodles and terriers were among the menagerie, along with cats and birds.

Shelter director Tracy Roark says the truck had broken down and been abandoned at least two days. He says the animals were in pretty bad shape.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Animals Found in Abandoned U-Haul Ready for Adoption
Thursday September 20, 2007 6:54pm Reporter: Anne Pressly Posted By: Scott Munsell

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Animals Found Abandoned In U-Haul In Little Rock
Watch the KATV e-Video Abandoned Animals to be Adopted

Little Rock - More than 90 animals rescued from a broken-down U-Haul last weekend are being put up for adoption at Little Rock's Animal Village Saturday.

Despite what they've been through, officials say most of the dogs have maintained a kind, calm demeanor.

They've been bathed, groomed, and had their shots--and Saturday they'll be ready to go to their meet their new families.

The director of Little Rock Animal Services says he's already received overwhelming response from people who want the dogs, so the adoption process will work like a lottery system.

(Tracy Roark, LR Animal Services) “We'll hand out numbers, then we'll draw numbers, then they'll go inside in fours and pick out the dogs they want."

The adoption event starts at 8:00 a.m., and officials say they will allow one dog per family.

Meanwhile, the animals’ former owners--42-year-old Johnny Franklin Maynard and 54-year-old Sharon Ann Maynard--face 172 animal cruelty charges.

For more information on Saturday's adoption event, click here. http://www.lastchancearkansas.org/

[crow_noir]

Thank you Catty for posting those!

lizbud: Yes, i wish all of these articles would have mentioned that this is NOT an isolated incident. So many people are probably unaware of that.