EAST DEER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man is facing animal cruelty charges after the Allegheny County Sheiff’s Office says he left three dogs to die in East Deer Township.
“It’s just a disgusting situation,” Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin Kraus said.
Sheriff Kraus is talking about the condition of a home in East Deer, where his deputies found three abandoned dogs.
Inside the house, investigators saw bags of dog food scattered across the floor, and the rest of the home was in a disgusting condition.
“In this case, it was clear they abandoned them and left them to die. We’re just happy we could get there and save the animals,” Sheriff Kraus said.
The deputies went to the home to deliver an eviction notice to Christopher Edmunds, the man who investigators say lived there with the dogs.
But when they got there, Edmunds was nowhere to be found, and the three dogs were left to fend for themselves with just the dog food and no water.
“It’s frustrating. Absolutely horrible, horrific to treat an animal like that. To walk away without any responsibility,” he added.
Without knowing the temperament of the dogs, Sheriff Kraus told Channel 11 that his deputies could have been in a dangerous situation.
“They got there, and realized there were three dogs. They were barking. They didn’t know if they were mean, or aggressive,” he said.
Then, they needed to find the dogs a place to stay.
“Our initial efforts involved facilities that flat out told us, the dogs are going to be euthanized. None of us wanted to hear that, so we took a lot of extra steps to find facilities that could help us,” he said
Deputies are still looking for Edmunds, and tell us he is facing nearly two dozen animal cruelty and neglect charges.
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