By
Wendy Killeen
TO THE RESCUE: The MSPCA at
Nevins Farm in Methuen recently teamed with a shelter in Springfield
to rescue 31 animals that had been kept in the basement of a
Springfield home.
Eight
of the 31 dogs - 29 purebred miniature pinschers and two Belgian
Tervurens - were taken in by Nevins Farm. Six of the dogs have been
adopted and two remain, 12-year-old Creampuff and 10-year-old Fritter,
both miniature pinschers. The rest went to a Springfield shelter.
The
dogs were living in filthy conditions and had serious internal and
external parasite infestation, as well as serious dental disease as a
result of neglect. All were undernourished.
Nevins
Farms is working to resolve Creampuff and Fritter’s health issues and
then will work toward finding them permanent homes.
“This is another in a series of extreme hoarding cases we’ve seen in the last year,’’ said Mike Keiley, director of the animal care and adoption center at Nevins Farm..." More
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