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    3 dogs killed, 15 injured in break-in at Macon animal rescue

    Gang banger dog fighting trash did this.

    3 dogs killed, 15 injured in break-in at Macon animal rescue


    Published: October 17, 2013
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    Becca Kent, a volunteer with the All About Animals shelter in Macon, holds onto Ansley, an American bulldog, while she receives medical care for wounds sustained during a break-in at the shelter. Three animals, all American bulldogs, were killed in the incident. A number of dogs are still in critical condition at area animal hospitals.


    Some of the dogs at the shelter during the break-in at All About Animals were seemingly exhausted from their experience.
    GRANT BLANKENSHIP — gblankenship@macon.com
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    Lionel, an American bulldog, is taken to an animal hospital Thursday with what volunteers at the All About Animals shelter believe to be either a broken hip or leg. Lionel was one of the dogs at the shelter apparently released from their kennels and mauled sometime between 8 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. Thursday. Three dogs were killed in the incident.
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    Shannon Archibald sits with an injured dog Thursday at All About Animals after an apparent break in where several dogs were injured and some killed.
    GRANT BLANKENSHIP — gblankenship@macon.com

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    By PHILLIP RAMATI and ANDY M. DRURY — Telegraph staff

    Dogfighting may have been a motive in an overnight break-in at a Macon shelter that left three dogs dead and more than a dozen injured, animal rescue volunteers said Thursday.

    Volunteers with the rescue group All About Animals said three large American bulldogs were killed after a break-in at their shelter near Central City Park. As many as 15 other dogs received medical treatment, many of them with serious bite and puncture wounds.

    Four more dogs -- all pit bull or bulldog mixes -- were let loose, said Mary Crawford, the rescue group’s director. However, all four had been accounted for by 4 p.m. Thursday. One of them was found near the Otis Redding statue at Gateway Park.

    Crawford said volunteers arrived about 8 a.m. Thursday to find several cages open and several other breeds of dogs with multiple bite marks. Amanda Reed, one of the volunteers, said at least one of the dogs, a female pit bull, was found with serious wounds that didn’t appear to have been caused by other animals.

    One of her wounds was not jagged, but instead was a deep, straight cut across the front of her body that left the dog fighting for her life.

    “All down her legs are straight-line slices,” Reed said. “These are clean cuts. ... It’s really bad.”

    It’s unknown if the dogs at the facility, a no-kill shelter, attacked each other when they were released, or if other dogs were brought in to attack the rescued animals to prep them for dogfighting.

    The facility doesn’t have a security system, but Crawford said neighboring Georgia Power has been asked to see if its video surveillance picked up any clues to the crime.

    “We’ve just never had anything like this happen before,” she said.

    The injured dogs were taken to veterinarians in Macon and Milledgeville for treatment, and eight of them have serious injuries.

    Nan Ashmore, a surgery assistant with Greenwood Farm Veterinary Clinic in Macon, said several dogs -- all of them American bulldogs and pit bulls -- were taken there for treatment.

    “(Some of them are) going to need a lot of antibiotics and have their wounds cleaned three or four times a day,” Ashmore said.

    Two of the dogs at the Greenwood Farm location are being treated for shock, and one of them was touch and go late Thursday afternoon, she said.

    “This is something that (shouldn’t) happen in Macon, for as many dog lovers as we have here, as many rescue groups as we have,” Ashmore said. “This is very cruel.”

    Reed called the situation a “complete tragedy.”

    “All of us have shed so many tears,” she said. “We spend so many hours with (these animals) that they’re like family.”

    Patti Jones, chairwoman of animal advocacy group Central Georgia CARES, said the organization is helping with medical costs and is paying to board several of the animals while they recover.

    “How human beings can do this, I don’t understand it,” Jones said. “These are docile and sweet animals, and for them to be subjected to this kind of violence is unconscionable. ... It’s a sad day for the animals, a sad day for those of us who love them, and it’s a sad day to be once again faced with the reality of how evil some people can be.”

    Beyond those with visible injuries are other dogs that witnessed something violent between late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.

    “There are dogs here that don’t have wounds but are in shock,” Reed said. “They just shake and hide in their doghouses. We don’t know what happened here last night.”

    Anyone with information about the break-in is asked to call Macon Regional CrimeStoppers at 877-68-CRIME.

    Telegraph photographer Grant Blankenship contributed to this report. To contact writer Phillip Ramati, call 744-4334. To contact writer Andy M. Drury, call 744-4477.
    http://www.macon.com/2013/10/17/2724...on-animal.html


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    They will eventually catch the miscreants that did this.
    After gruesome fight, midstate residents rally around Macon animal rescue group

    Published: October 18, 2013




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    Tracie Archebelle of Dry Branch talks about adopting a dog named Lucy from All About Animals Rescue one day after several dogs were killed or injured after a break-in at the facility. By Phillip Ramati

    By PHILLIP RAMATI

    If there’s one positive to come out of the break-in at the All About Animals rescue shelter, volunteers say it’s the way the community banded together in the wake of the tragedy that left three dogs dead, several others severely injured and all of them traumatized.

    After someone, widely speculated to be involved in dogfighting, broke into the no-kill facility near Central City Park sometime late Wednesday or early Thursday morning and let dozens of dogs out of their kennels, waves of people have given donations or offered to help take care of the more than 60 dogs at the facility.
    “It’s pretty incredible,” said Mary Crawford, executive director of the rescue organization. “I didn’t know we had so many friends. I’m feeling a great sense of community.”

    Carolyn Yager and other volunteers said there was a huge outpouring of donations Friday to All About Animals. People have dropped off food, medical supplies, blankets, bedding and chew toys, among other items.

    Meanwhile, several Macon-area security companies stepped up to offer a free security system for the facility, which had no surveillance in place when the break-in happened. In addition, two people volunteered to each pay for a year of the monthly security bills.

    Others helped out Friday by washing and walking the dogs, which Yager said was “extremely helpful.”

    Crawford said the rescue group has received at least $2,000 in cash donations, as well as offers to pay for the dogs’ medical bills and boarding. Some people have donated new locks for the facility, she said.

    Tracie Archebelle, of Dry Branch, was so moved by the news of the tragedy that she showed up Friday to adopt Lucy, a 3-year-old pointer mix that suffered minor injuries in the bloody fight.

    “It’s just heartbreaking that they let the animals out,” she said. “I’m ready to take my doggy home. I hope they catch whoever did this.”

    As Archebelle paid the $150 adoption fee, she donated an extra $10 for supplies.
    “I’m sorry it’s only $10,” Archebelle told Yager.

    “If everybody donated $10, we’d be in great shape,” Yager said, thanking her. Several other people offered Friday to foster dogs in All About Animals’ care.
    The three dogs killed in the fight were American bulldog mixes named Butler, Jack and Flapjack. Volunteers said Friday they think another dog from a dogfighting ring was brought in to get acclimated to attacking other dogs. The volunteers said most of the dogs that were injured suffered bite marks and puncture wounds.

    Crawford said the animals in her care hadn’t given her any problems before.
    “They were all sweet dogs, every single one of them,” she said.

    Yager said the Middle Georgia veterinarians who treated the wounded animals reported Friday that they all survived the night.

    “We’re incredibly thankful for that,” she said, adding that eight dogs would be staying in Middle Georgia animal hospitals for the next few days for treatment.
    Volunteer Liz Pinkerton stayed at the facility Thursday night to act as a security guard and planned to return Friday night as well.

    “Honestly, nothing shocks me,” she said when talking about the break-in. “We know what kind of element did this. ... There’s a lot of abused animals in the midstate.”

    In addition, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of those responsible.

    People interested in donating cash or items to All About Animals can do so through its Facebook page, www.facebook.com/allaboutanimalsmacon.
    Anyone with information is asked to call Macon Regional CrimeStoppers at 877-68-CRIME.

    http://www.macon.com/2013/10/18/2725...lly-after.html



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