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TERRIER MIX PENELOPE RESCUED FROM THE SAN JACINTO RIVER PUPPY MASSACRE IN HARRIS COUNTY TEXAS!

232 views · Published 24 April 2012 · 1:45 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: TheHoustonFactor · 2012 · Entertainment

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For some, the San Jacinto River just under Highway 90 is a peaceful place to fish. For others, it's a source of pain.

Jamie Cups says, "It breaks my heart, it really breaks my heart they don't deserve to be mistreated."

She's referring to dozens of dogs that have been dumped and abandoned on the banks of the river. Just last summer, more than a dozen dogs were found in the area. Their conditions were unspeakable.

Rhonda Heffernan is trying to save as many of the dogs as she can. She says, "There was one who had a stick through its head and throat, one's legs were cut off."

Heffernan and a small group of volunteers make it their mission to rescue the beaten, bruised and mistreated animals at the San Jacinto River. So far, she's rescued 39 in 9 months.

Heffernan says, "Obviously they're supposed to be loving members of your family, and I think when people just get tired of them and instead of taking them to a shelter ... dump them out here with no resources."

The problem of dumped and abandoned dogs is so bad just outside of Crosby that those who live in the area carry an extra bag of dog food for the random loose animals.

While showing us the dumping ground Rhonda ran across Penelope...A terrier mix also abandoned under highway 90.

Heffrenen loaded her up and took the dog where she's taken so many others: the 610 Pet Lodge.

Heffernan and her group helped rehabilitate and save dogs like Tuvak a Rottweiler and Rhett a pit bull...they're trying to adopt this frisky one out.

Cups says, "This dog has so much love to give and it just sickens me that people can be so cruel to animals and all they want is your love and attention."

The battle for Rhonda and her group is non-ending - as they save dogs more appear the next. With limited resources, a lack of prosecution, and a handful of volunteers it's becoming increasingly difficult to continue save these dog's lives.

If you'd like to help through volunteering or donations contact the group via their website:

www.crosbypuppymassacre.wordpress.com

www.facebook.com/crosbypuppymassacre

Read more: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/120423-san-jacinto-river-home-to-puppy-massacre#ixzz1sv10Fweo

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