‘Fed skulls of animals killed prior to them’: Fur and urine farms remain unregulated

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (WKRC) – Following the raid of a fur and urine farm in northeastern Ohio, three wolf dogs ended up at a Middletown animal rescue. A state legislator said he was working on a bill that would close loopholes which allowed the horrific conditions at the fur farm to exist.

“They’re 60% gray wolf, they’re 40% dog. So, wolf dogs are dogs by law,” said Susan Vogt, president of the Red Riding Hood Rescue Project. She gave a tour of her wolf dog sanctuary to Ohio State Rep Rodney Creech on Wednesday. She showed him the animals she rescued in January from an Ashtabula fur and urine farm. The conditions were horrific – more than 400 skunks, wild boar, coyotes, foxes and wolf dogs were kept in wire-bottom cages with no protection from the bitter cold.

“They had frozen ice [for water],” said Vogt. “They had no food. They were being fed skulls of animals that were killed prior to them.”…

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