46 dogs seized from Pawtucket house will soon be ready for adoption. How you can help.

Paul Edward Parker, Providence Journal
Updated ·1 min read
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PAWTUCKET – Forty-six dogs seized on Monday of last week from a condemned Senate Street house were medically cleared on Friday, the police said in an update Tuesday evening.

Caring for the dogs and giving them a checkup was a labor-intensive job – it took an hour-and-a-half to shave each dog to prepare them for exams – and the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and several other rescue agencies stepped in to help the Pawtucket Animal Shelter by taking some of the dogs and providing them with veterinary care.

Pawtucket police also announced that the couple who lived in the home with the dogs are facing "summonses for 46 misdemeanor counts of Unnecessary Cruelty under the Animal Cruelty statute (4-1-3) for failing to provide the dogs with adequate living conditions. The statute carries a maximum penalty of 11 months sentence and $500 fine per count."

Here's the dog after its shaving.
Here's the dog after its shaving.

Most of the dogs will be available for adoption soon, according to police Lt. Joseph Skahan, the police department's animal shelter liaison. The Pawtucket animal shelter is currently accepting applications as pawtucketanimalshelter.com.

Agencies who have helped care for the animals are seeking donations, volunteers, foster homes, and adoption applications at their websites: potterleague.org, rispca.org, parl.org and fohari.org.

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: 46 dogs seized from Pawtucket house nearly ready for adoption