Humane Society Of Tulsa Seeking Home For Dogs In Need

Caring for 31 special needs dogs turned out to be too much for one Tulsa County woman to handle; 26 of them were handed over the Humane Society of Tulsa.

Shelter representatives said they need help.

Some of the 26 animals have been shot, are missing limbs and are suffering from terrible skin conditions.

Shelter representatives said the animals’ previous owner had good intentions, but it's now the public's turn to step up to give them a better life.

Gina Gardner with the Humane Society of Tulsa said, "Some of them have been shot at some time in their lives. We did an x-ray, today, on one that has metal in her spinal column and is having trouble walking."

Rosy, a 3-year-old pit bull mix, has a different walk than most of the pets. She’s one of the 26 dogs handed over to the Tulsa County sheriff and Humane Society.

Some of her fellow rescues are missing legs and have heartworms.

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Tuesday, a woman struggling to run a pit bull rescue effort handed over the pets when caring for them became more than she could handle.

"When you get into over 30 animals that's more than one person can physically take care of," Gardner said.

A legal animal rescue operation has to be licensed and regularly inspected; the woman who’d been trying to help the animals wasn’t, and hadn’t.

"She had a few kennels. As far as we know, most of them were running free in the house," said Tulsa County animal control deputy, Nathan Goodacre.

Of the woman's 31 dogs, she was able to keep five - the legal number of animals a person living in the county can have.

The Humane Society said as is so often the case, the rescuer’s intentions were good, but she became overwhelmed.

Gardner said, "So we are making a plea to the Tulsa community, if you have room in your heart, and your home, please consider coming out and adopting one of these dogs."

The adoption fees for all of the 26 animals are waived.

To give people more time to come check out the animals, the shelter will extend its hours through the weekend.

If you can't adopt, the shelter is accepting collars, toys and beds for large animals.