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HSUS volunteer cuddling a dog at a temporary emergency shelter to care for animals displaced by the California wildfires in 2018.
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The Humane Society of the United States is assisting the Hertford County Sheriff's Office in the rescue of dozens of dogs in a large-scale alleged cruelty case at a puppy breeding operation in Hertford County, North Carolina.
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