Animal welfare groups detail Cordesville seizure of 42 dogs, latest Lowcountry rescue

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — More than 40 dogs and puppies rescued from a possible dogfighting operation were found living in filthy conditions, according to animal welfare officials who responded alongside deputies.

Humane World for Animals and the Charleston Animal Society were on scene when the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office executed a search and seizure warrant near Cordesville.

“Many of them were on chains, living in pools of water. That just looked filthy. You can you could tell from their paws they had just been sitting in that for quite a while,” said Aldwin Roman, senior vice president and chief operating officer of the Charleston Animal Society…

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