On Saturday, Frank Rich, the more and more debilitated and Willow man who faces more that's horrifying that a than 50 counts of animal person would do that," says cruelty, spoke out about what Angie Lewis with the Alaska led to more than 150 dogs Dog and Puppy Rescue in being seized from his Palmer. property. Rich says he The rescue took in all of the struggled to feed the dogs puppies, and dozens of the but did not ask animal dogs that were in Rich's care, control for help because he trying to find them homes. was afraid the dogs would be The rescue says Rich could euthanized. He says he misses have asked for help feeding the dogs that were taken and them if he was not able to on says they were like family to his own, and Rich says if he him. had known how everything was Rich was expected to change going to turn out, he would his plea on Wednesday but have taken them in to animal changed his mind. He says control. it's because he found out "I was caught between a rock that the prosecutor was going and a hard place. I didn't to call in witnesses, and he want to see my dogs put to claims he was also bothered death," says Rich. by the chance of getting ten Rich says he has been years of probation, unable to presented a second plea deal own an animal during that and has until the middle of time. His decision shocked a next week to decide whether courtroom full of animal or not to accept it. If he rights advocates. chooses not to, he says he "He just let those dogs will face felony charges. slowly die, each day they got
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