Rescued animals are finding new hope at a former jail in downtown Phoenix, where the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s MASH (Maricopa Animal Safe Haven) unit is transforming lives – both human and animal.
Two weeks ago, ABC15 reported on the seizure of a dozen animals in an animal cruelty investigation in Litchfield Park. Today, those animals are on the road to recovery thanks to a unique program that’s standing up for vulnerable pets.
Sergeant Gary Miller, a veteran of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, supervises the MASH unit, which houses and rehabilitates animals inside a former jail in downtown Phoenix. The facility, which hasn’t housed inmates since 1999, has been repurposed to give abused and neglected animals the space and care they need to heal…