Wicomico Humane Society Yanks 1 Dead Dog & 13 Other Dogs From Owner

The Wicomico Humane Society and the Wicomico County Sheriff's Department took 13 Pit Bulls from a Terrell Strawberry Wednesday. Mr. Strawberry has quite the criminal history HERE. Just type in his name and you'll see what I'm talking about.

An anonymous caller contacted Linda and told her these animals were dying and they immediately dispatched an Animal Control Officer and Sheriff's Deputy to the location. I spoke with Linda Lugo of the Humane Society and she told me these animals were in very poor condition. Upon arrival they immediately found one Pit Bull dead. A necropsy report should be returned to the HS some time tomorrow afternoon with the cause of death. They then found 13 others in which you could see all of their ribs and hip bones. Some also had open wounds.

Out of the 13 removed, 4 of them were puppies, 1 three month old, 1 five month old and 2 six months old. Of the 13 dogs removed, most of them were females and a few of them were very aggressive.

Terrell Strawberry didn't cause any trouble when they decided to remove the animals and allegedly claimed he just couldn't feed them, yet once they arrived he pulled out a bag of dog food out of the car.

On an earlier Post the other day someone had made the claim that someone breeding terriers held them in very poor condition as well. I told Linda about this and she and I are trying to go back to the Post that was on but we want you to know the following. The Humane Society can't be everywhere. Please contact them if you see any of these kind of conditions and she assures me they will follow up on it immediately. To the person who wrote that comment, please cal Linda Lugo at 410-749-7603. If you cannot reach her, please contact me directly at 410-430-5349 and I will contact Linda on her cell phone and we'll make sure the situation is taken care of.

Linda wanted to let everyone know how much she appreciated the backup and support given by the Sheriff's Department. She closed our conversation with, "Joe, we have 13 dogs right now who are warm, safe and dry."

Now you can see just how fast the HS can go from no animals to a house full in no time. They fed these animals and believe it or not the dogs didn't even know what was being placed in front of them at the time. It took them a while before they even started eating.

I can't go into any more details for obvious reasons but we'll keep you posted on the progress of these animals.

Another story you won't see anywhere else today.