WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. ( KDVR ) — FOX31 obtained footage of what could be an animal hoarding bust in Wheat Ridge.
Body-worn camera footage from February 1 shows Wheat Ridge officers responding to a welfare check for dogs at the LaQuinta Inn at 3301 Youngfield Service Rd. A scene, WRPD Community Services Officer Timothy Haines, smelled before he even saw.
“Even around the corner from the room, you could smell how bad it was,” Haines said. “There were five puppies held in one kennel that was probably meant for one or two. There was a puppy that was actively bleeding. There was feces smeared around the room, the toilet, the bathtub, the sink all clogged with feces. It was it was a scene that most people, I think, would show up and throw up.”…