Crime & Safety

Neglected Dogs Now Available for Adoption

Wentzille Police said the home with five children had overwhelming odor of feces and urine and dead animal carcasses.

The  their home in the 1700 block of W. South Service Road last week are now available for adoption, according to a KMOW report

The Animal Talk Medical Center told KMOV that all of the animals have been cared for and treated and are ready to be adopted. 

 both of , were charged with five counts of child endangerment and 45 counts of animal abuse. Gaspar is the children’s mother.

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“Children were living in a home infested with fleas and wild rodents,” a Wentzville Police report said. Animal carcasses were inside and outside the home, and food for human consumption was left out so that rodents and animals could get to it, according to the report.

Wentzville Police said the women had 14 cats, 11 dogs, 18 birds, one pygmy goat and one rabbit, and did not provide adequate food, water, medical care or sanitary living conditions for the animals.

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The home had “an overwhelming smell of feces and urine, with several piles of feces” inside the home, the report said.


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