SALEM, N.H. — A loose dog complaint led to the surrender of 25 beagles yesterday afternoon from a home on Haverhill Road, Deputy police Chief Shawn Patten said.
Animal Control Officer Corie Bliss responded to America's Stonehenge at 105 Haverhill Road for a complaint of a loose dog, Patten said. She found the dog and immediately saw that it was in "terrible" shape, Patten said, then went to the house at 104 Haverhill Road and saw some things that concerned her.
Bliss took the dog to the town kennel, which is located on the same property as Salem Animal Rescue League, then returned to 104 Haverhill Road with a patrol officer.
There, Bliss and the officer found 24 more beagles — most in rough shape, Patten said.
The dogs were housed in cages similar to what rabbits would live in, he said, with as many as five or six dogs in a single cage.....<<MORE>