Over 600 Animals Removed From Shelter in North Carolina After Raid

Over 600 Animals Removed From Shelter in North Carolina After Raid
(Hoke County Sheriff's Office)
Epoch Newsroom
1/27/2016
Updated:
1/27/2016

Public complaints led to a raid on a North Carolina animal shelter.

After a judge granted a search warrant, officials executed it at The Haven Friends for Life animal shelter in Hoke County.

Over 600 animals, including 300 dogs and 250 cats, were seized by authorities.

The shelter was operating without a license for more than a decade.

The animals were taken to other shelters across the state, and as far away as Hawaii.

“This is one of the largest animal seizures the ASPCA has ever conducted in our 150 years as an organization,” Tim Rickey, senior vice president of ASPCA Field Investigations and Response, said in a statement. “Our goal is to help them become healthy and ultimately find them homes.”