News For Tag "cruelty intervention"

  • He was 500 pounds underweight

    posted on Thursday, July 25, 2024

    It was a sight we'd never seen and hope to never see again: A giant, shockingly thin horse being forced to pull a carriage in downtown Des Moines.

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  • 46 more dogs freed from a puppy mill

    posted on Friday, July 12, 2024

    Yesterday, just months after helping rescue more than 100 dogs from a puppy mill in Boone County, the ARL team was back on the same property … this time working with authorities to free 46 MORE dogs and puppies from the cycle of commercial breeding.

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  • Hazel didn't deserve this

    posted on Monday, June 10, 2024

    Hazel is in desperate need of help. She arrived emaciated, dehydrated and so frail she could not walk. She had clearly been starving for a very long time.

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  • 60 animals were suffering

    posted on Wednesday, April 17, 2024

    It happened again. Late in the day, we received a call from law enforcement asking us to help rescue dozens of animals from horrible conditions. There were 60 dogs and cats living inside the property, where, sadly, deceased dogs had also been found.

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