“Unfortunately due to the overcrowding, and we had that (parvovirus) case, we weren't sure if we would be able to do it,” Ciancio said. “We've got such a compassionate, animal-loving community here that we know that we can really help these dogs and help them find loving families.”Ĭiancio also said she was initially unsure if the Butler County Humane Society would be able to shelter the dogs, in part because the shelter has been crowded because of a higher rate of recent intake. “The call went out that there was a large number of animals that needed our help, and we did what we do best,” Hoellerman said. “Knowing that we wanted to take as many as we could, but we couldn’t possibly take them all at one time, we reached out to several of our local shelters and asked if they wanted to be involved in this wonderful transport.”Ĭiancio said the collaboration is one of the biggest in the history of the local Humane Society, and is the first time she can remember five shelters coming together for one cause.Ĭody Hoellerman, chief community engagement officer for Animal Friends, said Western Pennsylvania has a lot of empathy for animals. “They reached out to all their partners with us being one of them,” Prince said. Carla Prince, relocation manager for the Pittsburgh group, said the organization needed others in the region to take some of the animals. The Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh was in contact with the Humane Society of the United States, which is leading the distribution of the freed beagles. The intake by the Butler Humane Society was a collaboration with Animal Friends, the Washington Area Humane Society, the Beaver County Humane Society and Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh, which all took in some beagles. Some of the relatives of the four Butler County beagles - named Valor, Freedom, Liberty and Courage - are not far away. Hall claims the ears were tattooed for identification at the recently closed Virginia research facility they came from. Lead veterinary technician Jill Hall, of Hilliards, Wednesday examines the teeth and ears of one of four beagles the Butler County Humane Society is housing. On July 1, Envigo and the government jointly filed a transfer plan that called for the removal of “all” of the facility’s beagles by the Humane Society of the United States, which will transport the dogs to shelters where they can be adopted. Hundreds of dogs also have been found dead at the facility, according to the Associated Press. Repeated federal inspections since Envigo acquired the facility in 2019 have resulted in dozens of violations, including findings that dogs had received inadequate medical care, were malnourished and were housed in filthy conditions, and that some had been euthanized without first receiving anesthesia. The Envigo RMS facility in Cumberland County had been under increasing scrutiny for months, drawing concerns from animal rights groups, members of Congress and Virginia lawmakers, who passed animal welfare measures this year intended to tighten up the facility’s requirements and strengthen state oversight. “Butler seems to love its beagles, so I don't imagine that these guys are going to be here very long.” “They don't know how to walk on leashes they are friendly but shy,” Ciancio said of the new dogs. The new arrivals are a little skittish, according to Cari Ciancio, executive director of the Humane Society, but she also said they are like most other beagles and are “very docile, friendly animals.” The Humane Society in Connoquenessing Township now has four 8-month-old male beagles that were just a few rescued last month from a Cumberland, Va., breeding facility that recently was shut down for violating federal regulations. But recently four dogs came from more than six hours away to be sheltered by the organization. Normally, the Butler County Humane Society takes in stray animals from the community.
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