"The place looked like Auschwitz," said Leslie Farney, 51, of Warwick, N.Y., who just adopted an 18-year-old border collie named Maddie. Shivering outside in the cold were 25 horses, 100 chickens, an assortment of goats, pigs and exotic birds. When the Utah-based Best Friends Animal Society was called to help, its members found 200 dogs, 60 of them confined to unlit, cramped rooms, as well as 200 roaming cats, many of them with heart conditions. knew the once-reputable sanctuary had quite literally gone to the dogs. No one - least of all those who financially supported the sprawling 80-acre facility in Middletown, N.Y. When the 64-year-old died of brain cancer in March, though, she left behind a shocking legacy: 600 sick and neglected animals were found locked in filthy kennels or wandering aimlessly in the cold. Ap— - Sara Whalen devoted her life to saving abandoned animals at her Pets Alive sanctuary just one hour outside New York City in the peaceful Catskill mountains.
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