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2008 Animals' Advoc. 1 (2008)

handle is hein.animal/aniad0027 and id is 1 raw text is: IF U I 27.1 Swift settlement protects lives in North Carolina hoarding case SHE CLAMED S ORES of tinydogs were covered in mud. Sadly, it turned out to be dried excrement. Sadder still, that was hardly the worst evidence of neglect inves- tigators would discover. Thanks to the prompt work of an animal cruelty investigator, animal control officers, and the Animal Legal Defense Fund, more than 100 severely neglected animals seized from a Raleigh, North Carolina, breeder are now safe. The 106 dogs and nine birds were removed from the residence of Janie Cony- ers on October 19 when authorities discov- ered them living in squalor. ALDF quickly filed an injunction against Conyers, 77, to permanently remove the animals from her possession and control, and a settlement was reached in December. The dogs found in Conyers' home were covered in their own feces and dripping with urine. Many of the animals suffered from broken jaws, severe and extremely painful dental disease, corneal ulcers, cataracts and urine and fecal scalding. According to veterinarian Kelli Ferris, the animal cruelty investigator at the scene, the dogs probably never left Conyers' house; consequently, the home was filled with urine and piles of feces - the measured ammonia level in the house was 10 times the USDA's maximum recommended ammonia level for large swine operations! Investigators reported seeing dogs with feces caked in their fur, cockroaches roam- ing through the birds' food dishes, and one blind dog who was unable to stand up to relieve himself and whose jaw had rotted away from lack of proper care. He was continued on page 6

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