Rescuer hopes most of 52 dogs found living inside Brantford-area home will be adoptable
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Cassia Bryden, the operator of Brantford’s Sato Saved End of the Line Dog Rescue, said many of the canines hadn't been out of the home in three or four years.
A Brantford woman who helped authorities retrieve more than 52 dogs living inside a small home in Buford, Ont., in early October is hoping that the bulk of the rescues will be able to be adoptable via a rehabilitation process.
Cassia Bryden, operator of Brantford’s Sato Saved End of the Line Dog Rescue, is optimistic there will be a positive outcome for many pulled out of the residence near Brantford in varying states of trauma, including illness and hunger.
“Obviously, with 52 dogs, there is a chance that some of these dogs aren’t going to be able to be rehabilitated and I am a realistic person,” Bryden told 900 CHML Good Morning Hamilton.
“But right now, I am hopeful that at least 50 to 48 of them will be adoptable in time and we’ll find forever homes.”
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) initially said they had counted about 40 canines in the home when they responded to an ambulance assistance call at the residence on Oct. 2.
In a press release on Wednesday, OPP said officers and paramedics discovered the situation when they went inside the home to aid a man found unconscious.
He was later transported to hospital and pronounced dead due to natural causes.
Bryden, who also works part-time for Hillside Kennels Animal Control in Innerkip, Ont., on weekends, says they got the call early on Oct. 2 from the police requesting assistance.