88 DOGS AND ONE CAT HAVE BEEN RESCUED BY AUTHORITIES FROM A SAC COUNTY DOG BREEDER'S PROPERTY THURSDAY MORNING.
THE SIOUXLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SAYS FIVE OTHER DOGS WERE FOUND DEAD AT THE RURAL PROPERTY NEAR KIRON, IOWA.
JOSH COLVIN OF THE ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE SAYS THE ANIMALS WERE LIVING IN DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS:
JERRY DOMINCAK OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY SAYS THE PROPERTY OWNER, MARY BRODERSON, WAS NOT HOME WHEN AUTHORITIES ARRIVED, AND IS NOT LICENSED BY THE USDA TO SELL ANY OF THE DOGS.
COLVIN ADDS THE DOGS WERE MAINLY COCKER SPANIELS AND 14 HAVE BEEN TRANSPORTED SIOUX CITY. THE OTHER DOGS WERE SENT TO SHELTERS IN 4 OTHER LOCATIONS:
COLVIN SAYS THE DOGS FACE A LONG RECOVERY FROM WHAT HE CALLS ONE OF THE WORST CASES OF NEGLECT HE'S EVER SEEN. CHARGES ARE PENDING IN THE CASE.
A SIOUX CITY MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON ON DRUG CHARGES.
32 YEAR OLD KELLY RANDALL WAS SENTENCED WEDNESDAY TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO DISTRIBUTE AND ONE COUNT OF DISTRIBUTING CRACK COCAINE NEAR A PROTECTED LOCATION....WHICH IN THIS CASE WAS COOK PARK.
RANDALL WAS PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF THREE OTHER FELONY DRUG OFFENSES IN IOWA AND ARKANSAS.
HE'S BEING HELD IN U.S. MARSHALL'S CUSTODY UNTIL TRANSFER TO FEDERAL PRISON.
Eighty-eight dogs were rescued Wednesday from an unidentified breeding facility in rural northwest Iowa. Some found shelter in Sioux City. Joel Hermann reports:
Charges are pending as the investigation continues.