Peter Hall and his family left their two beloved dogs with a Texas woman named Gayle Justice while on a vacation. The family believed their dogs were in good hands, especially since Justice sent them a heartwarming video of their pooches.
The family, however, had no idea that the 69-year-old was keeping the dogs in deplorable conditions in Ellis County along with dozens of other canines, three cats, and a bird.
The Halls are just one of many families who trusted Justice and whose dogs were kept in filthy conditions, Fox 4 reports. Many were kept in cages with feces and urine. There were also twenty deceased dogs found in Justice’s backyard.
Like the New York man who faces charges for keeping puppies locked in tiny cages, Justice has also been arrested for animal cruelty.
Luckily, there’s a happy ending for many of the dogs. The video below shows the moment some owners were reunited with their pets, including a very emotional one between Courtney Galbreath and her pooch at the 1:15 mark. Galbreath thought her dog was traveling with an elderly couple as a therapy dog for 10 years.
“We thought we were giving her to a good home. Obviously we were wrong,” she said.
The animals are now in the hands of the SPCA in Dallas. The dogs that aren’t claimed will eventually be put up for adoption.
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