Animal welfare groups in Arizona claim animals were sent to a private rescue with ties to selling feed for snakes.
have been suspended after an investigation was launched looking into the whereabouts of hundreds of missing animals transported there from San Diego.
Daugherty tells CBS 8 that animal welfare groups in Arizona were the first to shine a light on this issue after they called the Humane Society of Southern Arizona to check on the animals, only to learn staff members weren't even aware a large transport had taken place. The suspension of the Humane Society of Southern Arizona’s CEO Steve Farley and Chief Programs Officer Christian Gonzalez comes as animal groups based in Arizona claim to have discovered where the animals went, saying the family involved runs an online business that sells live and frozen feed for snakes.
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