26 dogs recovered from van now available for adoption
April 5, 2020
Animal Protection Service Officers spent most of the night Thursday, March 26th rescuing 26 small breed dogs that had been living in a van with their owner.
HES officials tell us the dogs were recovered in Hamilton County.
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