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DEAD PIT BULLS FOUND Woman with more than 50 dogs claims she runs a rescue service By STACY MILLBERG - Staff Writer - smillberg@starbeacon.comStar Beacon Donna said if Judson wasn’t raising the dogs for fighting, that’s where they are going.
“That’s what it’s all about in Ashtabula County,” she said. “It’s big business, big money.” ACHS agents could not seize the dogs Friday without Judson surrendering them, Donna said. “In a perfect world, I’d like to take every dog here and get it into foster care,” she said. “Those dogs in the woods don’t have a chance at a great life. There are at least five in the back that need to be euthanized.” Donna said the case will be turned over to the Ashtabula County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday for possible charges of animal cruelty for the dead dogs and the dogs that are ill. “In the meantime, the healthy dogs will have to stay here and we will be back for periodic checks,” she said. After assessing the situation, Sheriff William Johnson said as far as he can tell, there is no indication the dogs are being bred for fighting. “You can walk up to any one of them and pet them,” he said. “There’s just too many.” Johnson said he did not see any violations right away; however, there are dogs that need to be buried. “I don’t see anything that would be a violation,” he said. “They just have too many dogs. She got overwhelmed with people bringing dogs here. By no stretch of the imagination is this an illegal fighting operation.” Johnson said he will discuss the situation with Ashtabula County Prosecutor Tom Sartini and the number of dogs on the property will need to be reduced. Johnson said he would like to see no more than 10 dogs on the property, but it will be up to Sartini to decide. “He may say 15, but 15 is still a far cry from 50,” he said. Johnson also said he would like to see better runs for the animals and a more social environment where they can get out and associate with people. “They’re not mean,” he said. “They’re friendly dogs.” ACHS agents will be doing weekly checks on the dogs and the dogs that are under veterinary care are not permitted to be moved from the property, Donna said. 
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