79 dogs rescued in Edmonson County from “deplorable conditions”
SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY – On the evening of August 11, Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society performed a rescue mission with help from the Edmonson County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office responded to an animal cruelty call Friday and called the humane society after discovering 79 dogs that were living in filth. According to Sergeant Tim Jackson with the sheriff’s office, dead chickens and rotten eggs were the only food he saw on the property, along with little to no water which of course was also unfit for consumption.
The sergeant said that nearing Travis Brasham’s home, a terrible smell could be caught from coming off the interstate. Jackson said that around 50 dogs were in the very front of the property while the house was maybe 1,000 yards away.
Jay Goff who works at the humane society helped respond that night as well, he said it was a sad sight but couldn’t have been timed better. The shelter has been on code red for a few weeks over the summer season and just after declaring it over this weekend, 45 minutes later was the call to action.
Goff said they are now in “code red 2.0” but have sent off several of the rescues to happy homes since then. Injuries to the dogs are minor, some scrapes around the face as a result of fighting over food but overall they are in good health. Goff said the dogs were timid upon arriving at the property and weren’t the biggest fans of the leash but no signs of aggression.
Goff was sure to commend the community for coming out to help clean up the dogs as they were in bad shape, but now they’re ready to find happy homes.
Unfortunately for Brasham, he is facing 79 counts of Cruelty to animals second degree (Class A Misdemeanor) and one count of Torture of cat/dog with serious physical injury or death (Class D Felony) as one dog was found dead on the property.
Brasham was breeding the dogs to sell, but he told law enforcement “the market fell on him” and the result was him continuing to breed the dogs rather than “do the right thing” according to Sergeant Jackson.
