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Several dogs rescued from a Washington puppy mill are going to their new homes on Thursday.
Investigators seized 371 miniature American Eskimo puppies from the puppy mill last month.
Benton County Sheriff Larry Taylor led dozens of detectives and specially trained volunteers to confiscate the dogs from Sun Valley Kennel in Kennewick, which Humane Society officials called one of the nation's largest and worst puppy mills. It took more than 13 hours to move the animals to the Benton County Fairgrounds, where temporary kennels awaited them.
34 were taken to the PAWS Shelter in Lynnwood, where families are coming forward to adopt them.
Sandy Warner is adopting a 2-year-old American Eskimo puppy, one of five that will go to new homes on Thursday.
Warner said her new puppy already has a name, "This is Oliver as in Oliver Twist... An orphan with a happy ending."
Lots of people want to adopt one of the dogs rescued from a Kennewick puppy mill.
The Oregon Humane Society says 50 people lined up last week at its office in Portland, waiting for a chance to adopt one of the dogs. The Portland shelter received 95 of the dogs, and was the first in the region to have them available for adoption.
Eight other shelters in Washington and Oregon also have received dogs from the kennel. Many of the dogs needed medical attention before they could be offered for adoption.
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