16 Cats, Dog Rescued From Bel Air Home

Animal control seized animals from a home on Lochary Road March 16.

Neighbor complaints led to an investigation and seizure of more than a dozen animals at a Bel Air home earlier this month. Two dead animals were found alongside more than a dozen living cats and dogs. The incident was first reported by CBS Baltimore. On March 16, Harford County Animal Control executed a warrant at a home in the 2900 block of Lochary Road in Bel Air, according to Richard Lynch, director of the Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits which includes animal control. Animal control found six adult dogs and three puppies outside the home when they arrived. Inside the home were more animals, these living in less humane conditions, according to Lynch. Along with 15 living cats and kittens and one living dog, animal control…

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Christine

8:28 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012

I adopted a dog from a hoarding case and two cats from the humane society of Harford County. I was a volunteer for several years, I fostered animals for them and for rescue organizations taking animals from them. I have been there many, many times. I do give money to rescue organizations, I volunteer for the humane society where I live and a community clinic that provides affordable care for pets…   more ›

'No Kill' Group Envisions Survival of All Adoptable Animals

For the past month, Wysocki, a former marine with a background in sales and working with animals, has been researching and forming a plan to make Harford County a place where no adoptable animal or feral cat is killed.

Harford County resident Adam Wysocki was inspired by his son to start an animal interest organization. Wysocki said he and his son were watching a movie about a group of kids who try to rescue animals from a local shelter to prevent them from being put down. The movie got his son thinking. The boy asked Wysocki if Harford County has a no kill shelter and Wysocki told him no. "He said 'Dad, you’re a really smart guy can’t you do something about that,'" Wysocki said. For the past month, Wysocki, a former marine with a background in sales and working with animals, has been researching and forming a plan. Wednesday was the first meeting of his organization No Kill Harford. About 22 people engaged in the discussion at the Bel Air branch of the …

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'No Kill' Organization Holds First Meeting

'No Kill Harford," an organization striving to make Harford County a place where no adoptable pets are put to death, will hold its first meeting at the Bel Air Library Wednesday evening.