Move over Cruella de Vil, we have a new villain in town. April Mclaughlin, a woman running a special needs dog rescue out of her Arizona home, has been arrested on a laundry list of charges related to animal abuse. The authorities stormed her house, and what they found was a doggy horror show. Mclaughlin now faces a whopping 55 counts of animal abuse, 55 counts of animal cruelty, and a single count of vulnerable adult abuse. It seems she wasn’t just mistreating animals, but humans too. Talk about spreading the love! Multiple agencies, including the Arizona Humane Society, were called in to rescue the innocent pups from Mclaughlin’s hellish home. However, it wasn’t just the pups that needed rescuing. Hazmat teams had to deal with the stench emanating from the property. I guess Mclaughlin believes in giving her dogs an authentic landfill experience. The accusations against Mclaughlin have been piling up for weeks, with animal rights organizations and other dog rescues blowing the whistle on her. These brave women took to social media to expose Mclaughlin’s alleged scam of posing as a legitimate rescue while her home doubled as a pet prison. According to court documents, Mclaughlin didn’t just neglect her furry charges; she actively abused them. Poor doggies were deprived of their wheelchairs, left malnourished, and some even met a tragic end, finding themselves on ice in her freezer. Talk about a chilling discovery! Just to make things even more confusing, Mclaughlin apparently used multiple aliases in her dastardly deeds. It’s like she was trying to play a real-life game of “Guess the Animal Abuser.” The authorities will have quite a puzzle to piece together. Whether Mclaughlin manages to wiggle out of this mess or not, one thing is for sure: her house has been rightfully condemned by the authorities. No more horror show for those poor dogs!
Original article https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/23/special-needs-dogs-rescued-arizona-home-animal-abuse-claims/