It's so sad those poor animals had to be euthanized because their owners didn't care for them!

TWO WEEKS? What a joke-they should be in jail for years....they better hope I don't see them around town!!!!

WTF? Two weeks! WTF, WTF, WTF? Euthanized all of them? WTF. The couple GAVE PERMISSION to have them euthanized? WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doesn't say much for the Bedford court system. Unfortunately,the wrong creatures were euthanized. Who made that call ?

Awful. It takes a certain kind of coward to victimize animals, behavior like this is an outrage.

OK everyone, take a breath. What happened here was extremely unfortunate. Having been a volunteer for a rescue group, I've run into this situation before and its not alway a result of bad people. Sometimes good people, or at least well intentioned people make bad choices. Sometimes people's hearts exceed the capacity of their wallets. In this case it was probably a combination of both. Too many animals and the poor choice of leaving them for over a week with no caregiver. The decission to euthanize the animals was perhaps the only choice the family had at the time. Veterinary care for that many critically ill animals would have overwhelmed the family's finances. The Cleveland APL might have stepped in to assist, but for some reason did not. Not trying to minimize what happened. Not saying they might not benefit from some counseling, but they've lost their pets, they've lost their children, they've lost the friendship of their neighbors and that week they spent in jail is insignificant to those mentioned losses. Having been through all that, you just might want to cut them some slack and give them time to reflect in peace.

Wasn't the home condemned as unlivable? I remember that they tried to return home and our building dept revoked the occupancy permit. At the very least it must have cost a bundle to clean the house.

Mr. Knall-

Seroiusly....if those monsters had hearts (or brains for that matter) they could never have been so cruel to those poor animals. Let us also remember that the children knew what was going on so your sympathy falls on deaf ears in my case. One last thing...the houses are a bit too close together for me to believe that not one single neighbor had a clue as to what was going on..........

I remember the case in Chippewa, Medina County, a month ago; all over the news, a home where over 100 dogs were confiscated. Media made it out to be "hoarding," but I heard it may have actually been breeders. Just something to think about, though this case doesn't appear to be breeders. I understand some of Heinz' better points, but I can tell you that if yours truly was any part of the rescue, and IF yours truly was able to ascertain any "salvagable" victims, a number would have found foster homes. Too easy to kill; rescue, treating, fostering, patiently waiting with a broken heart -- now THAT is hard. I do it all the time, wild animals, domestic. It takes patience, a little cash and a lot of heart and determination. Isn't Greg Miller animal warden in Solon. Those of you who know what I'm talking about, know what I'm talking about. Ahem.

Hi Lucy-I can only wish that someone had gotten involved and saved at least some of the animals if not all...unfortunately I am not one of those who know what you are talking about...please enlighten me-I am very interested-Thanks!