In April of 2023 a dog had been found shot leaving him paralyzed in his hind end. A South Texas rescue stepped up for him, vetted him and bought him wheels. He went by the name of Butters. To their delight at the time, The Special Needs Animal Welfare League in Chandler, Arizona reached out and offered to take him under their wing and find him a home. The transfer was made. After a few months of ongoing sketchiness and lack of communication between Becca and SNAWL’s elusive founder, “Samantha Taylor”, Becca and her wife jumped in the car to go and get Butters back. As soon as they arrived, Becca knew her suspicions were correct. Butters was being held captive in a hell unlike anything she’d ever seen. This week on A Pawdcast tune in to hear Becca’s story of how she did not - would not - give up the fight to get her dog back. Even when law enforcement would do nothing to help. Watch and listen as she tells how months of detective work, combined with a relentless team of badass humans and a social media inspired army resulted in bringing down what has been dubbed “The House of Horrors”, leading to the rescue of Butters and the #Chandler55 .It turns out that the name “Samantha Taylor” was just one of many aliases used by the woman we now know as animal abuser April McLaughlin. McLaughlin has scammed over 30 rescues and at the time was hoarding over 60 special needs dogs in her 950 square foot home. Some of them did not survive. She since has been indicted by a grand jury on 24 counts of animal cruelty, 77 misdemeanor charges, failure to provide medical treatment to an animal and is currently behind bars awaiting to stand trial. Butters saved all the dogs. It’s time his story was told. We are excited to welcome Becca Chavez from Yaqui Animal Rescue, Shira Scott Astrof from the Animal Rescue Mission, Jenny Amuchastegui and Kimberly Elliott from the Be Like Josh Foundation and Koco Garcia from Handover Rover to A Pawdcast.This is Part 3 in the #Chandler55 ongoing series. Don’t for get to Follow and Subscribe so as not to miss an episode.