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BY MATTHEW VAN DUSEN
mvandusen@nwitimes.com
219.462.5151 | Saturday, July 22, 2006 | (No comments posted.)
The bounty on the owner of mange-ridden dogs picked up by Porter County Animal Shelter increased to $5,500 on Friday, as animal control officials recovered nine more animals.
Shelter Director Sandy Ogle said the Humane Society of the United States on Friday added $2,500 to the reward, which was started by a local veterinarian to elicit information that would identify the dogs' owner.
Ogle said the shelter has now picked up 22 small dogs with mange, a mite that burrows into dogs' skin and causes hair loss, since May. The shelter had to euthanize five of the animals on Friday because of their extremely poor condition and another of the dogs died on its own.
"We could see their organs, that's how skinny they were," said Ogle.
Animal welfare officials believe the dogs were all held in the same puppy mill where the mange spread unabated and were neglected for a long period of time. Many of the animals were found in or near Union Township.
An Avon, Ind., resident adopted two of the dogs last week and contributed $2,000 to the reward. Several other citizens have contributed $200 each to the reward.
Ogle said it's distressing for shelter officials to find new batches of animals who are increasingly poor shape.
"When's it going to end?" she said.
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