Kennel Raid Court Case May Delay Reunion Between Pets, Owners

February 15, 2006 -- The owner of a Chester County kennel is facing animal cruelty charges after hundreds of dogs were removed from the facility. The court case may delay any reunion between the dogs and their owners.

If only the purebred dogs could talk about what happened to them before they were confiscated by the Chester County SPCA in a raid at the Mike-Mar Kennel in Oxford, Pennsylvania last week.

A vet volunteered to help check out 335 expensive and often sought out purebreds, dogs like one with rotting teeth and another with a deformed foot. Conditions were so bad, kennel owner Michael Wolf was charged with 337 counts of cruelty to animals Wednesday. A woman at the Oxford Kennel told Action News Wolf is not talking and neither is Gordon Trottier, another operator charged with neglect today.

There are good pets that the SPCA can't adopt out because Wolf's attorney tells Action News his client plans to put up a fight. While that happens, the SPCA is depending on donations to care for all the confiscated dogs.

One of Wolf's customers left a bulldog in Wolf's care for breeding, as did other purebred owners. The dog will have to wait for the case to be resolved, something the SPCA says could take months, or even years. The dogs are evidence in the case.

(Copyright 2006 by Action News. All Rights Reserved.)

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