Animal Cruelty Task Force rescues 22 dogs from horrific conditions in Missouri

The Humane Society of Missouri’s Animal Cruelty Task Force, one of the USA’s largest animal-rescue and disaster-response teams, rescued 22 dogs, including several pups ranging in age from five days to six months old, from Coonies Coonhounds, an unlicensed breeder in Gasconade County, Missouri, on Thursday. The emergency rescue was prompted by concern from the Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office. The task force removed the dogs under a warrant. The dogs, mostly large-breed Coonhound mixes, were...