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Chattanooga Pet Shop in the News

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

CHATTANOOGA TIMES FREE PRESS / A Hamilton Place mall pet store will find out in a matter of days if the Tennessee Department of Agriculture will allow it to keep selling pets or if violations to the state code of animal care could lead to the suspension of the store’s license.

The Pet Company gained unwelcome attention June 15 when the city of Chattanooga raided the store, removed all its animals and slapped it with 90 violations of local city ordinances that deal with animal cruelty.

Read the full article, and previous articles on this case, here.

Horrifying Case of Animal Cruelty in Blount County; Local SPCA Needs Help

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

FROM THE DAILY TIMES: In a macabre scene that included skulls that had been hung in trees and remains of dogs — at least a dozen — left to rot on the metal roof of a small outbuilding on a heavily wooded piece of property on Wildwood Road in Maryville, 20 live animals were removed from the property and remains of 22 more were found. Investigators expect to find more, with remains of as many as 100 dead dogs possibly left strewn across several acres, covered by leaves and thick wooded underbrush. Read the full article and watch a news video here.

Farmer Faces Animal Cruelty Charges

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

A farmer in Wartrace, TN is facing animal cruelty charges after a recent farm investigation. Read the full story online at News Channel 5.