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DeKalb County approves $2,700 to help care for animals seized from squalid property

DeKalb County Commissioners · December 9, 2025
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Summary

Following testimony from the county animal-control officer, commissioners allocated $2,700 to assist a rescue with spay/neuter, rabies vaccination and microchips after officers removed 48 cats, multiple dogs and other animals from a single DeKalb County residence.

DeKalb County commissioners on Dec. 8 approved a $2,700 allocation to help a rescue care for animals seized from a residence that county animal-control described as unsanitary and unsafe for animals.

Animal-control officer Erica Hedge told commissioners she and rescue partners obtained a search warrant and removed animals that included 48 cats, six dogs (one later euthanized for poor condition), three pigs, two…

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