Animals Sent to Arizona Humane Society Allegedly Sold for Reptile Feed

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Animals Sent to Arizona Humane Society Allegedly Sold for Reptile Feed
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When the San Diego Humane Society in California shipped more than 300 rabbits, guinea pigs and rats to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona in Tucson over the summer, it believed that they would be adopted as pets. But most of the animals may have met a grislier fate, which has led to outrage, anguish and a police investigation.

When the San Diego Humane Society in California shipped more than 300 rabbits, guinea pigs and rats to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona in Tucson over the summer, it believed that they would be adopted as pets. But most of the animals may have met a grislier fate, which has led to outrage, anguish and a police investigation. According to officials at both humane societies, the 323 animals arrived in Tucson on Aug 7 but were not taken into the shelter there.

Instead, the Humane Society of Southern Arizona transferred the animals to a man named Colten Jones, who runs a business in the Phoenix area called the Fertile Turtle, which sells live and frozen animals for reptile feed, both humane societies said in a joint statement. Officials at both humane societies said they were investigating who arranged the transfer and what, exactly, had happened to the animals

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