50 Rescued Puppies, Dogs Arrive in DC

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A three-hour car ride in two vans was their ticket to a new lease on life.

Fifty dogs and puppies are now at the Washington Animal Rescue League in Northwest Washington. They arrived late Wednesday night from Allentown, Pennsylvania and a place the Humane Society calls a puppy mill.

The dogs will be examined, bathed, rehabilitated and eventually put up for adoption.

"These animals never felt the warmth of a human hand. They never left their cages," said Gary Weitzman, executive director of the animal rescue league. "They were in chicken coops and never left those cages their entire lives."

Another 50 dogs from that same Pennsylvania location are expected to arrive on Thursday.

There are many breeds. They were among 216 dogs found at the alleged puppy mill in Allentown.

For more on how you can adopt one of the rescued puppies, follow this link.