Seizure of 35 purebred sets off international controversy

[KurtNYC]

he former owner of 39 German shepherds and one cat removed from two Durham residences earlier this month has been charged with 35 counts of neglect, while the adoption process has been stalled by questions of ownership.
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Steve Patch, a German shepherd breeder from Middletown, said he has been working with some of the people claiming co-ownership as far away as the Netherlands, Canada, and across the United States.

“The whole community is up in arms,” he said. “And it’s not just here. People are going crazy in Germany and all over Europe, who breed the same dogs that we do and go to the same shows.”

One of the males, he said, a longcoat German shepherd, was No. 5 in his class last year at the German Sieger Show, “the biggest show in the world,” and is worth tens of thousands of dollars.

http://www.registerstar.com/news/article_39096642-9f6d-11e3-9ca3-0019bb2963f4.html

No/low heat, water, food, feces in the residence, untreated wounds on the dogs, emaciation.... ugh.

[shenmue]

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Not cool!