Authorities in South Carolina, along with the Humane World for Animals, recovered 47 dogs from three different suspected dogfighting properties in Chester and Lancaster counties earlier this month.
Search warrants were served at the three properties on Nov. 5, according to the Humane World for Animals, where workers from the organization, along with agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), Chester County Sheriff’s Office, Chester County Animal Control and Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office discovered “scarred, injured and underweight dogs with wagging tails,” including many who were bound by “heavy chains with plastic barrels or makeshift structures as their only source of meager shelter.”
Rescue operation reveals haunting details
The Humane World for Animals says veterinarians found multiple dogs suffering from infected puncture wounds indicative of dog fighting. Many of the dogs were “severely underweight and infested with fleas,” and there was also the presence of what appeared to be a broken-down dog-fighting pit and other dog-fighting paraphrenalia…