GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. — Fifteen dogs and puppies were rescued from an alleged breeding and dogfighting ring in Guilford County.
Guilford County Sheriff's Office said deputies searched a home Penny Road in High Point on Wednesday. Three males, three females, and nine recently-born puppies were seized from the property.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) helped in the operation.
The owner of the property, Toriano Marcellus Cave, 51, was arrested and charged with a felony of owning and/or possessing a dog with the intent that the dog be used in the fighting of that dog with another dog or with another animal.
The dogs are being transferred to an emergency shelter operated by the ASPCA where they can get medical and behavioral evaluations and care.
