More than a dozen animals seized from Henderson Co. home after reports of animal cruelty

HENDERSON COUNTY, Tenn — More than a dozen animals have been rescued from a mobile home in Henderson county after the sheriff’s department received information about animals being neglected.

President of the Animal Rescue Corps, Scotland Haisley said “this is bad these animals are suffering significantly as you can see I’ve got a respiratory mask on even with this mask that is meant to protect my lungs and my breathing I’m having a hard time in that building.”

The sheriff’s department along with ARC arrived to the mobile home on dunn lane around 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

Sgt. Jeremiah Adams said “arrest has been made at this point though I can’t release any other information on who that subject is other than a resident here from Henderson county.”

A horse was found roped off outside and more than a dozen cats and dogs were inside.

“At this time we don’t have an exact number because it’s kind of chaotic in there.” Sgt. Adams said “but I say we have anywhere from 12 to 15 possibly.”

Rescuers said law enforcement officers had a seizure warrant to get the animals out of the horrific conditions, and they even spoke with the homeowner.

“We’ve already met with the owner of the property who has surrendered 100% of these animals over to Animal Rescue Corps, which allows us to get them on their road to recovery that much sooner.” Haisley said.

Haisley described the inside of the home having several inches of feces built up inside and said he could tell the home hasn’t been kept up in years.

“When you don’t clean up animals urine and feces it turns into an acid which aerosols and creates an ammonia which is incredibly dangerous to the animals and the people.” Haisley said.

Haisley said the animals are going to have significant long term medical problems as a result of the living conditions. The animals were taken to an emergency animal shelter in Lebanon, Tennessee where a team of vets will be there waiting to care for them.