“The ammonia / odor level in several locations was bad enough that I experienced nausea on one occasion, and my throat and nostrils were irritated for several hours after I left the facility.”

“In several buildings within the facility, the drainage systems are not constructed and/or operated so that animal waste is rapidly eliminated, contributing to odors observed by the inspection team. Low spots where waste accumulates and becomes stagnant were consistent in the catch pans beneath the second-level enclosures where adult dogs were kept. Drainage channels and the graded surfaces beneath the enclosures in the aforementioned areas had excess accumulation of excreta and other organic matter.”

“Most wall-mounted exhaust fans and their adjacent surfaces (louvers, fan blades, casing and ingress points) within the facility were coated with organic material, restricting air movement.”

“Approximately 30% of the enclosures with walls constructed of coated wire had some degree of rust or the wire coating was worn off.”

“I observed a dog within enclosure 550/551 identified preliminarily as ZKA-8 or FZA-8 that was limping and keeping weight off her front right paw, which had what appeared to be a ruptured interdigital cyst. No documentation of the cyst was present on the information cards located outside of the enclosure(s) or the dry erase board(s) utilized to document interdigital cysts.”

“I observed a dog identified as FVC-0 / inside enclosure 737/739 that was limping while moving through the enclosure, not bearing any weight on the right front leg. Two partially healed scratches and/or puncture wounds and swelling were present on the leg near the carpal joint. No
documentation of the injury was present on the enclosure card or the whiteboard documenting ongoing or necessary treatment(s).”

“The second dog present in
the same enclosure (FJA-9) appeared to have partially healed puncture / scratch marks on the snout.”

“Within several enclosures
the feet and legs of puppies were found to be repeatedly passing through the floor openings (see pictures 3-4). In these instances the legs of puppies were observed to have passed completely below the mesh flooring up to the puppy’s chest. Puppies were observed to have noticeable difficulty standing or moving comfortably and naturally upon the floored surface due to the large size of the openings.”

“Some of the weaned puppies and preweaning-aged puppies in eleven enclosures were observed to have feet or legs pass through the smooth-coated mesh floors when they walked.”