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Beagles rescued from Virginia breeding facility going up for adoption

August 27, 2022 / 11:20 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

Rescued beagles going up for adoption

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Great news for some of the 21 beagles who were rescued by local organizations after a breeding facility in Virginia was forced to surrender them.

Animal Friends said the first few of the pups are going up for adoption this weekend, making the announcement on Friday.

For those interested in adopting a rescued beagle, you can get more information right here.

Animal Friends and Humane Animal Rescue were two of the five local shelters that took in beagles from the Envigo Facility.

Some of those beagles even visited us on Pittsburgh Today Live!

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Envigo was shut down after multiple animal welfare violations were found and 4,000 dogs needed to be rescued.

Groups around the country have been stepping up to make sure the dogs find their "fur-ever" homes.

Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.