Indiana Puppy Mill Owner Surrenders to Police After Ending Armed Stand-Off
Hearty tail wags and happy barks to the police who broke up this puppy mill!!!!
This article comes from The Indy Channel.com.
Police: Dog-Neglect Suspect Surrenders, Ending Standoff
Authorities: Woman Showed Gun After Officers Tried To Take AnimalsLAWRENCE, Ind. — A Lawrence woman suspected of neglecting dogs surrendered to police Monday after a three-hour-long standoff in which she threatened to use a gun and kept officers from entering the home, authorities said.
The woman was arrested at the home, located in the 8700 block of East 46th Street, sometime between 4 and 4:30 p.m, police said. She was identified as Sharon Aultman, 52.Police and animal control officers had gone to the home at about 1 p.m. to serve a search warrant and confiscate the dogs, but Aultman refused to answer the door, authorities said. The woman eventually threatened to use a gun if the officers didn’t back off, authorities told 6News’ Tanya Spencer.
Police said they tried negotiating with Aultman before calling a SWAT team at about 3 p.m.
At one point, Aultman stepped through a second-story window and went onto her porch’s roof and talked to police, 6News video showed. At other times, she stood in her doorway while holding the weapon, according to police.
Authorities said the dogs, many of which were caged outside the home, were neglected, malnourished and living in deplorable conditions.
After Aultman surrendered, animal control officers confiscated 19 dogs, many of which were Great Danes, authorities said.
Authorities said the dogs were neglected, malnourished and living in deplorable conditions. Many were caged outside the home, police said.
Police said Aultman had been breeding dogs for years and had repeatedly refused to comply with orders to get rid of some of them and clean up her home.
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Thats really sad, I WANT puppy Mills stopped NOW.it should be agianst the law to have puppy mills.Just look at the picture on the Web.
I wish that there was away to stop all of the mistreatment of all animals that we consider pets and companion animals. Some people just don’t get it. Maybe we should shove them in a cage and forget to feed and water them for a few days. Maybe let a week go by and then tell them that we want them to produce a kid with a rapest. Yeah that sounds like a good punishment. Maybe a little on the mean side. But ya know they do this to dogs so why can’t we to it to them? Oh that’s right. It’s not right. *rolls eyes* I just really wish all this would stop. That and using dogs to make fur coats is something else that needs to stop. Look up how they make some of the coats. Poor pups.
puppy mills should be against the law.
Besides the fact that puppy mills are just horrible for the dogs, we would also be killing two birds with one stone. By outlawing them we could cut down on over population as well.
Puppy Mills should disappear. Hobby breeders should replace Puppy Mill Breeder. I feel sad about the dogs left in the cage abandoned for a number of years. Poor dogs!
i think the people that do this to the animals should have the same kind of treatment to show them the hell they have bein putting the animals through.