Photos provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia after serving 11 federal search warrants and rescuing over 156 dogs bred for illegal fighting. (Photos: U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Georgia)
U.S. attorney Charles “Charlie” Peeler of the Middle District of Georgia will be using the federal Animal Welfare Act to prosecute alleged drug traffickers he says have been running a “barbaric” business.
Together with local law enforcement agencies and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Peeler executed 11 search warrants Wednesday at different locations around the region as part of a months long investigation, he announced. And that’s how the U.S. Marshals Service came to be in possession of roughly 160 rescued dogs.
