Shame some folks see HSUS as a "welfare" organization with such disdain. Idiots that they are...

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It has been an especially busy year for the HSUS Emergency Services department. In fact, the department has been on 24 deployments in 2008—more than double last year at this time.

The current deployment has been an example of the depth of HSUS talent. The team sent to handle Tennessee's largest puppy mill bust consisted of dozens of staff from numerous HSUS departments and offices around the country.

A Worthy Cause

The size of our deployment corresponds to the scale of need.

In this instance, the need was large and urgent, and the HSUS team was supplemented by staff from other national and local humane organizations. We pooled our collective talents and resources because the lives of animals hung in the balance.

Yesterday morning, the HSUS Animal Rescue team joined as local authorities executed the warrant at the Pine Bluff Kennels. We were greeted by an unholy scent. It was the stench of urine, feces and death nearly a mile away—the smell of massive tragedy.

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From such a wasteland, the team was grateful for the only possible good news: we heard that the owner of this operation had agreed to surrender all of the animals to the local district attorney's office. In turn, custody was transferred to us—more than 700 dogs, 25 horses and donkeys, 20 cats, four parrots and 15 chickens.

The HSUS had already begun working with local and national partner shelters to transport these dogs to locations where they can be put up for adoption. This marks a new beginning, a ray of hope. The survivors among these dogs will have a chance at tasting love and compassion—lives with families. A list of organizations offering the dogs for adoption will be made available once the transfers are all confirmed.

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