Severe dog doglect, several found dead
Robbins, NC (US)Date: Apr 2004
Disposition: Alleged
Alleged: Junior T. Jordan
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For almost eight months, the district attorney�s office had required the county to keep two golden retriever-Labrador mixes (named Annie and Gracie) as potential evidence in a court case against the owner, along with some other dogs found on the property that weren�t adoptable. Other dogs were found dead, according to Klingen-meyer.
A Moore County Grand Jury has indicted Junior Jordan, 61, with felonious animal cruelty, according to court records. The case is still pending.
The district attorney�s office recently declared the surviving dogs abandoned. No one has come to the Animal Center to claim them, Klingenmeyer said.
�The owner has had ample time to contact the county and has never done so,� he said.
By law, the county normally must wait 72 hours until it can claim ownership of a stray and dispose of it. The county is looking for good, loving homes for the two dogs.
Annie, who is 5 to 7 years old, is very youthful, �laid back and sweet,� Klingenmeyer said. Gracie is between 1? to 2 years old.
Klingenmeyer, Animal Center worker Emily Jackson and volunteer Lynn Langford of the golden retriever rescue, worked with the dogs for months, helping them become less fearful. A catchpole had to be put around their necks since they wouldn�t let the officers get close to them in the trailer, Klingenmeyer said.
The mother, particularly, tries to move away into another part of the kennel if a stranger gets too close. But in the play yard, surrounded by the workers they trust, both dogs are more relaxed and will cuddle up with Jackson or Klingenmeyer.
�They were in pretty bad condition,� Klingenmeyer recalled, �lying in their own feces. We took them for their own safety. They were so hungry they bit through the dog food can that we had for them.�
Animal Center workers cleaned them up, and both have put on weight.
Langford worked for months with the two dogs to socialize them. She gave them their names.
Annie still tends to avoid strangers. But she shows curiosity and is more comfortable once she gets accustomed to a human. Gracie jumps around and sniffs at her surroundings and visitors who come by.
A good foster home might be a temporary solution for the two dogs to transition them together or separately into a permanent home.
�They still need a lot of loving care,� Klingenmeyer said. �They are coming along real well. We take them out of their cage and walk them around the exercise pen.�
Even after eight months, they still tend to sleep cuddled together but have no apparent physical health problems and have become much more socialized.
Langford said they are �so much better.�
To view the dogs and cats that may be adopted from the Animal Center, call 947-2858. The center, off U.S. 15-501 in Carthage behind the county Public Utilities building, is open every day.
Adoption fees are $65, including spaying or neutering, first rabies vaccination, heartworm or feline leukemia tests, distemper and other necessary shots, Klingenmeyer said. References | The Pilot |
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