The husband-and-wife owners of a Camden County dog breeding service face charges after they allegedly sold sick puppies to customers, authorities said Friday.
Police received two complaints that Casey Gleockler, 40, and his wife, Kristina Gleockler, 39, sold dogs in August from their Atco home that quickly showed signs of being sick, according to Acting Camden County Prosecutor Jill S. Mayer.
“One of the puppies died the next night. The owner was told by a veterinarian the puppy may have had Parvo, a deadly virus that spreads among dogs,” the prosecutor said in a joint statement with Waterford Township Police Chief Daniel Cormaney.
The other dog survived, authorities said. Based on a search warrant, detectives found 28 dogs - mostly puppies - at the Gleockler’s house. Three cats and “multiple livestock animals” were also found on the property, according to the prosecutor.
Most of the dogs were taken to a Pennsylvania animal shelter for treatment and testing, according to the prosecutor’s statement. More information on the condition of the animals was not immediately released.
Casey and Kristina Gleockler were released from custody after being charged with one count of animal cruelty and one count of offering a diseased animal for sale, the prosecutor said.
Anyone with information on the case was asked to call prosecutor’s office Major Crimes Unit Detective Mike Batista at 856-225-8537 or Waterford Township police Sgt. Timothy Lyons at 856-767-2134.
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