misticaleclipse
11-26-2006, 11:55 PM
This just makes me cringe. He left them to starve and even took there dog houses! :mad:
If you read further the humaine society was trying to help him by providing
food if he would reduce the number of his dos, but he kep calling them for
food and never reduced the number or dogs. Sounds like a horder :mad:
Seven Starving Dogs Rescued In Sale Creek Weeks After Owner Abandoned Them
Donnie Hagen Being Sought By Authorities
posted November 26, 2006
Seven dogs found in Sale Creek almost starved to death – weeks after their owner abandoned them with no food or shelter – are recovering at the Humane Educational Society in Chattanooga.
The dogs were emaciated and extremely weak, and several of them were unable to stand, according to HES director Guy Bilyeu. Further, the partially eaten remains of at least one dead dog were found in the yard where the animals were confined.
“The only way these survived was by eating on the one that was dead,” Mr. Bilyeu said.
The dogs are all medium size and short-haired, he said, and appear to be shepherd, boxer and lab mixtures.
The amazing thing, he said, is that even after almost starving, the surviving dogs are not food aggressive.
“You feed them, and they eat what you give them and then they quit,” he said. “They don’t try to take each other’s food. And they just beg to be petted.”
Mr. Bilyeu has issued an appeal to veterinary technicians and other individuals skilled in the care of sick animals, asking them to provide foster homes for the abandoned dogs while they recover.
“I really need people with training in how to take care of a dog that has been starved,” he said. “When you first see these dogs you think, ‘Well, they’ve been starved, they need lots of food,’ but if you give them too much, it could kill them.”
He said he is hoping to find seven foster homes, so that each dog can get individualized one-on-one care and attention.
Meanwhile, a search is underway for Donnie Hagen, the man who left the animals in Sale Creek where he previously resided, according to Mr. Bilyeu. He will be charged with felony abandonment and neglect.
The Humane Society had worked with Hagen for months after he contacted them to say he could no longer afford to feed the animals, the HES official said. An arrangement was worked out where HES agreed to provide food for the dogs while Hagen worked to find new homes for them, one or two at a time.
Mr. Bilyeu said Hagen kept all but one of the dogs penned in the backyard. The other dog was chained at the front of the house.
“That one was his favorite,” Mr. Bilyeu said. “Before he left, he must have untied it. The others he left penned up in the back yard. He took their doghouses, but he left the dogs.”
The dog that was loose kept going to a neighbor’s house, looking for food. Last Wednesday, the neighbor called the humane society to report that the dog had been abandoned, and to say that there might be more dogs confined on the property where Hagen had resided.
Two officers were sent to the location, where they discovered the dead and dying animals.
Hagen is between 55 and 60 years old, stands about five feet, seven inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds, according to HES emergency rescue officer David Hutton, who repeatedly took 100-pound bags of dog food to the Sale Creek property for Hagen’s dogs.
Officer Hutton said he first met Hagen several months ago, when the man called the humane society to say that he was living on a fixed income, his wife had left him and he could no longer afford to feed about a dozen dogs.
After consulting with Mr. Bilyeu, Officer Hutton agreed to temporarily provide food for the animals while Hagen worked to reduce the number of animals he owned.
But the situation dragged on for months, Officer Hutton said, and Hagen still had the same number of dogs. Further, he was calling about once a week to request another 100 pounds of food.
Eventually, Officer Hutton said, he told Hagen that he needed to live up to his end of the bargain and reduce the number of dogs, if the humane society was to continue to help.
“After that, we never heard any more from him,” Officer Hutton said. “We assumed he had either gotten rid of the dogs or he had found a way to buy food for them himself.”
Officer Hutton said Hagen had been told repeatedly that the humane society would come and pick up the animals if he could no longer care for them.
“There was reason for him to leave them there to starve like that,” he said. “And if he didn’t want to call us, the least he could have done was let them out of the backyard, so they would have had a chance to find some food.”
Mr. Bilyeu agreed.
“He untied one of the dogs, but he left the others there to starve,” he said.
found here (http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_97321.asp)
If you read further the humaine society was trying to help him by providing
food if he would reduce the number of his dos, but he kep calling them for
food and never reduced the number or dogs. Sounds like a horder :mad:
Seven Starving Dogs Rescued In Sale Creek Weeks After Owner Abandoned Them
Donnie Hagen Being Sought By Authorities
posted November 26, 2006
Seven dogs found in Sale Creek almost starved to death – weeks after their owner abandoned them with no food or shelter – are recovering at the Humane Educational Society in Chattanooga.
The dogs were emaciated and extremely weak, and several of them were unable to stand, according to HES director Guy Bilyeu. Further, the partially eaten remains of at least one dead dog were found in the yard where the animals were confined.
“The only way these survived was by eating on the one that was dead,” Mr. Bilyeu said.
The dogs are all medium size and short-haired, he said, and appear to be shepherd, boxer and lab mixtures.
The amazing thing, he said, is that even after almost starving, the surviving dogs are not food aggressive.
“You feed them, and they eat what you give them and then they quit,” he said. “They don’t try to take each other’s food. And they just beg to be petted.”
Mr. Bilyeu has issued an appeal to veterinary technicians and other individuals skilled in the care of sick animals, asking them to provide foster homes for the abandoned dogs while they recover.
“I really need people with training in how to take care of a dog that has been starved,” he said. “When you first see these dogs you think, ‘Well, they’ve been starved, they need lots of food,’ but if you give them too much, it could kill them.”
He said he is hoping to find seven foster homes, so that each dog can get individualized one-on-one care and attention.
Meanwhile, a search is underway for Donnie Hagen, the man who left the animals in Sale Creek where he previously resided, according to Mr. Bilyeu. He will be charged with felony abandonment and neglect.
The Humane Society had worked with Hagen for months after he contacted them to say he could no longer afford to feed the animals, the HES official said. An arrangement was worked out where HES agreed to provide food for the dogs while Hagen worked to find new homes for them, one or two at a time.
Mr. Bilyeu said Hagen kept all but one of the dogs penned in the backyard. The other dog was chained at the front of the house.
“That one was his favorite,” Mr. Bilyeu said. “Before he left, he must have untied it. The others he left penned up in the back yard. He took their doghouses, but he left the dogs.”
The dog that was loose kept going to a neighbor’s house, looking for food. Last Wednesday, the neighbor called the humane society to report that the dog had been abandoned, and to say that there might be more dogs confined on the property where Hagen had resided.
Two officers were sent to the location, where they discovered the dead and dying animals.
Hagen is between 55 and 60 years old, stands about five feet, seven inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds, according to HES emergency rescue officer David Hutton, who repeatedly took 100-pound bags of dog food to the Sale Creek property for Hagen’s dogs.
Officer Hutton said he first met Hagen several months ago, when the man called the humane society to say that he was living on a fixed income, his wife had left him and he could no longer afford to feed about a dozen dogs.
After consulting with Mr. Bilyeu, Officer Hutton agreed to temporarily provide food for the animals while Hagen worked to reduce the number of animals he owned.
But the situation dragged on for months, Officer Hutton said, and Hagen still had the same number of dogs. Further, he was calling about once a week to request another 100 pounds of food.
Eventually, Officer Hutton said, he told Hagen that he needed to live up to his end of the bargain and reduce the number of dogs, if the humane society was to continue to help.
“After that, we never heard any more from him,” Officer Hutton said. “We assumed he had either gotten rid of the dogs or he had found a way to buy food for them himself.”
Officer Hutton said Hagen had been told repeatedly that the humane society would come and pick up the animals if he could no longer care for them.
“There was reason for him to leave them there to starve like that,” he said. “And if he didn’t want to call us, the least he could have done was let them out of the backyard, so they would have had a chance to find some food.”
Mr. Bilyeu agreed.
“He untied one of the dogs, but he left the others there to starve,” he said.
found here (http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_97321.asp)