Over 60 Animals Saved from Extreme Hoarding and Breeding Site in Northeast Georgia

WUGA | By Jeff Dantre

Published December 14, 2023 at 12:37 PM EST

Over 60 animals have been rescued from an extreme hoarding and breeding operation in northeast Georgia. Hall County Animal Services and the Humane Society of Northeast Georgia took custody of 47 cats and 15 dogs from a home in Flowery Branch on November 21st, but not before the owner left the site with more than 150 additional cats and dogs. The rescued animals range from less than a month to eight years old. Donations and adoption applications are currently being accepted by the humane society for these animals. Visit https://humanesocietyofnortheastgeorgia.org/ for more information.

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Jeff has delivered morning news at WUGA Radio for more than a decade. He was among a team at CNN that won a George Foster Peabody Award in 1991 for an educational product based on the fall of the Soviet Union. He also won an Edward R. Murrow Award from Radio Television Digital News Association in 2007 for producing a series for WSB Radio on financial scams. Jeff is a graduate of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University (MBA) and holds a BS in Business Administration from Campbell University, both in North Carolina.

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