EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this story, published in October 2015, said 25 dogs were seized from the home. The Nova Scotia SPCA has since clarified that 24 dogs were seized.
One man is facing several charges under the Animal Protection Act in relation to the seizure of 24 American Staffordshire Terriers this past weekend in North Preston.
In a release sent out by the Nova Scotia SPCA on Monday, a man from North Preston is charged with failing to provide animals with water, failure to provide animals with reasonable protection from injurious heat or cold, confining animals to an enclosure or area with inadequate space, unsanitary conditions without providing an opportunity for exercise so as to significantly impair the animals health or well-being and causing an animal to be in distress.
The 24 dogs, including several newborn puppies, were taken from a house on Alfred Drive in North Preston on Saturday.
The SPCA said the house was full of excrement and there was no shelter from heat or cold.
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“The dogs will all be seeking veterinary attention and to my knowledge so far, they’re all in reasonably good condition,” Jo Anne Landsburg, NS SPCA chief provincial investigator said Sunday.
They will remain with the SPCA until the investigation is complete.
Police arrested a 42-year-old man at the house on Alfred Drive on Saturday. He is facing charges of assault and uttering threats. Police also arrested a 18-year-old man on Lake Major Road; he is facing a charge of assault with a weapon.
If you witness an act of animal cruelty, the SPCA asks that you contact their confidential hotline at: 1 (888) 703-7722.
With files from Julia Wong.
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