okay do you guys have like 20 dead dogs
in the basement there is like some right
there of that dude there's there's
everywhere there's cat everywhere I just
saw that one right there so and then
there in this pennel there's a dead rat
and there's another live one running
around you you know this whole
operation's illegal right oh my God on
December 9th
2022 a repair man alerted the Milwaukee
Police that a house he had just serviced
was full of dogs living in unimaginable
conditions as the officers began to
navigate the twisting Maze of this
disgusting house they quickly discovered
that there were more animals in need
including some very peculiar creatures
that they wouldn't have imagined finding
and rescuing all of them could prove
deadly as officers arrive at the house
in question they aren't quite sure what
to expect while they were prepared for
resistance from the owner Larry McAdoo
they were surp surprised to find him
friendly and Cooperative hello how you
doing pretty good so we had call about
some dogs being out out and about in the
basement everything okay yeah yeah oh no
the wi people was here oh okay oh they
just put the meter in immediately the
officers notice something that will
become a running theme with Larry even
though he enthusiastically responds to
the officer's question he doesn't
actually give them an answer do you guys
keep a lot of dogs how many dogs you
guys keep so we do we do the little uh
housing whatnot what we do I'll be doing
the housing housing housing so you don't
actually live here or I own this house
you own this you own this house own
you're Keling the dogs well not really
but I'm just keeping for a few friends
my um cousin he's in Phoenix Arizona
right now or he'll be back next week uh
Tuesday Wednesday how many how many dogs
do you have um that personally how many
dogs you have in the house right now oh
they all small dogs maybe like six six
eager to check on the dog safety
the officers have Larry lead them to the
basement where they're kept however as
the officers get their first look into
Larry's Home the Clutter and filth
within fill them with disgust
unfortunately for them it only gets
worse as they descend into the bowels of
the
house got a lot of C down here
there's two right
here two right
here six
could walk through real
quick say if you can please don't shoot
them what do you mean what do you mean
by shoot them why we no take get loose
oh okay yeah one over oh not they're
bullies oh
bullies the officer is taken AB back by
Larry's strange comment and demeanor if
he was worried before about the dogs
getting loose and attacking he certainly
is now as officers take stock of the
dogs in the basement they notice that
Larry hasn't been truthful about how
many dogs he has I mean I'm not the
smartest man in the work told you had
six dogs down here oh yeah they are
ours so you have six dog you're watching
and then and then the rest are yours
yeah these two are her in the phone okay
she news uh in fact
called owners for
you God dog it hey hold to go owners are
okay with you having it like this yeah
we got we haven't been to clean you know
what happened here you Haven been a to
clean up
yet while Larry tries to call some of
the owners the officers truly take in
the suffering of the dogs around them
everywhere they look there's feal matter
taking the ground the walls and in some
horrific cases even matted onto the dogs
themselves while the dogs do have
buckets in their kennels with water the
water is murky and yellow and for some
dogs the bucket is too big for them to
be able to drink from similarly only
some of the dogs have access to food and
those that don't are seen eating dead
rats there are way more dogs than the
officers were expecting and think could
get dangerous if one of these dogs
decides to snap you know this whole
operation's illegal right you know you
know better than this actually it's not
safe with house housing wise there's
electrical cords all throughout your
yard you have a dog outside that's cold
outside I can see this dog's rib cages
what what dog this dog right here you're
telling me that dog with cing the other
one too oh that's probably him about him
eating food or whatnot but they have
plent food look at the amount of feal
matter that's on the you coming to get
the dogs now just put your on your back
are you serious yes
sir I'll run the nature versus nurture
curriculum please don't do that put your
hands behind your back let this officer
cff you okay yeah come
on you got any weapons on
you I'm GNA call I'm gonna call M okay
because all these dogs are going to have
to go Larry mentions that he runs the
nature versus nurture curriculum a
program he started to teach others how
to safely Care for Animals the irony of
this is impossible for the officers to
ignore with Facebook posts stating that
pet therapy is a true empathy Builder
it's a wonder that Larry could be so
hypocritical to keep animals in such
appalling conditions even though Larry
has been officially arrested the night
is far from over while waiting for madak
the Milwaukee area Domestic Animal
Control Commission to arrive
the officers can't stop talking about
the state of the basement this probably
the worst seen bad man D another
rat freaking rat just ran out you
good
hey careful there is like some right
there on the Ed of that door dude
there's there's everywhere there's cat
everywhere I just saw that one right
there so and then there in this kind
there's a dead rat and there's another
live one running around the officer soon
realized that there's more of the
property to explore as they take their
search to the backyard it becomes clear
that the dogs in the basement aren't the
only animals in desperate need of rescue
hey oh big
guys
hey oh my
God got cane corsel not sure what that
is
look at the people
matter gar I see
you see you big
boy I got you
Wilder
dude there I got a Rottweiler here oh
there's
another hey dude relax
okay there's two two
each oh there's one out yep no he's
chained up in that b pin outside he's
chained yeah he's chained up in the bin
outside
it's like a oh sards oh come
on hey he three St
Bernards you guys good ni four St
Bernards okay so I got four St
Bernards I got Kane Corso I can't tell
what a mixed breed Rottweiler
and then there's another bre with a long
snow it kind of looks like a it's a
Hound I'm not sure what kind of hound
that is and there's another can torso
out
there there's there's so much dog in
there it's unreal much to the officer
surprise the conditions in the backyard
are somehow worse than the basement the
ground has been completely submerged in
a grotesque mixture of feal matter and
mud leaving the dogs no safe space to
lie down as office Hol en counts the
dogs outside he makes an interesting
observation that may reveal a dark
secret from Larry there's
two there aren't just two of each breed
in the kennels there are two of each
gender leading the officers to suspect
that Larry might be running an illegal
breeding operation continuing to explore
the yard officers make the distressing
discovery that one dog doesn't even have
a roof over its head everybody cut it
closer here yeah you got it okay perfect
come on so far the officers have been
able to assess the situation without any
trouble however that all changes when
Larry's family arrives home to find him
in handcuffs as they file in the door
officer shamala catches them up to speed
I I got to call you back though mom's on
scene I got to call you back okay bye
what are you think getting arrested for
okay sir just just Cal down take it easy
take some deep breaths for me okay just
take some deep breaths for me all right
so I'll explain it to you if you're
going to be cool
okay get my I is that your dad or okay
so I arrested him today because some of
those conditions down there are
deplorable those some of those dogs are
near death okay so just listen the last
thing I want to do is arrest someone
okay I I can't look the other way with
some of that stuff that's going on down
there okay but I can guarantee you
there's like three dogs down there that
are near death they're they're not
they're going to have to get put down
because of their their medical can you
put them balls out we're going to wait
cuz mad route and if you guys would like
I will gladly show you guys which dogs
are near death Larry Sons clearly doubt
officer from alla's words but a brief
glance into the basement would show that
she's telling the truth the officers are
struggling to believe that not a single
person in this house has noticed how
unhealthy the dogs
are I just got home when was the last
time you were down there sir uh three
days ago okay well I'm telling you when
you left don't live here I live uh in
the country okay okay so I'm telling you
right now sir based off my experience um
and common sense that the way those
conditions are are down there takes
years to come like that do you get what
I'm saying I understand so
Years A lot of them dogs just came here
young man some of that stuff is piled
it's just piled on top of each other yes
sir go ahead um a lot of my dad do take
in a lot of dogs yeah the dog that they
talking about is that's one of the own
that's one of the owners there's three
dogs down there that are sick okay
they're in your dog they're in your
dad's care right now I know that your
dad knows the proper conditions a dog
should be in as officer somala continues
to speak with Larry's Sons she's still
unaware of the crazy discoveries that
await her in this house of horrors I
don't know so the last thing I want to
do is arrest your dad but those dogs you
have to get dogs Medical Care yes and if
those aren't his dogs and he felt
somewhat concerned for their health or
how male nourish they are why wouldn't
he call madak or why wouldn't he call in
for us to come get those dogs and get
them the proper medical care that they
need he's just as responsible as the
other person is even if those aren't his
thoughts tensions start to die down with
the family and officer rala notices
something that could be putting
everyone's lives in danger well my
concern is always CS like something's
going to on
fire I mean there's cords
everywhere cuz there was no heat that's
why we energies was called out here
because their gas has been shut off for
months we energy said they've been
trying to get into here for a really
long time of
course yeah wonder they want in eager to
finish their search of the house officer
stala gets ready to explore the upper
floors of the house completely unaware
of the dangerous creatures that await
her do you have more dogs
upstairs um where
upstairs not sure y go up there anywh
right I don't want to be lied to though
or
noty not sure can you just give me a
heads up so I'm not surprised oh uh you
have to ask my little brother is it like
their family dog like the dog that they
care for on a daily basis I'm not sure
okay I don't I don't live young man I
just don't want to be blindsided the
sun's strange response has officer
somala confident he's hiding something
from her determined to get to the bottom
of this strange case officers
immediately began navigating their way
through the second floor oh my
God they got B parrots and in
here yeah they got
parrots oh hey Sergeant we got more uh
we got Birds over
here
[Applause]
like I saw
like police
what the
hell there's like a pool in
here what's in there I don't know
there's like a
pool no there's nothing in
there oh what is
[Applause]
that a
W
yeah yeah they have a eel in
here with eels and Birds now in the mix
it's beginning to Dawn on the officers
that they truly have no idea what other
animals could be lurking in the house
while speaking to an owner of one of the
dogs officer from Mala gets the most
shocking update about the attic you're
need another vehicle
more it's bad why racons chicken chicken
upstairs
chickens Dr cuz my dad he worked uh what
he worked for the schools he go inside
the schools and
teach teach uh let me let me go see this
good
new all right just so you know we went
upstairs into the attic and there is
tarantulas bearded dragons
lizards I am dead serious there's
alligators in here alligators I'm going
to call you back
the
base just so you know we came up in the
attic and there's alligators spiders
snakes all different types of animals
[Music]
raccoon Turtles
raccoons okay he
alligators you want to step downstairs
for me
I'm picking every single animal from the
pi them
all but we got cats
rabbits I don't know if need another
Super it
is take picture everything but it's
it's oh my God I a never seen this many
animal in my
life so we're
as officers continue to explore the
attic they also discover a hidden
enclosure where Larry had kept a turkey
some ducks and a goat although not
obvious at a glance the living
conditions in the Attic are deplorable
the most obvious issue is that the attic
isn't being heated and the few lamps
Larry aren't strong enough to keep the
reptiles warm many of the animals in the
Attic are also in critical condition a
raccoon is discovered in a cage with
both of its legs broken eventually
leading to it being put down due to the
severity of these injuries Larry's
geckos are found with shed skins stuck
to their limbs which could easily lead
to limbs being lost tragically one of
the geckos died before madak was able to
rescue it and another was discovered
dead and right up in one of the
enclosures while madak Works to move the
animals into a safe environment an
inspector from DNS the department of
Neighborhood Services realizes that
animals aren't the only ones in danger
in the house so DNS might deem the house
inhabitable so that means you guys
aren't going to be able to come back
here tonight uhhuh and we you'll
eventually might be able to come back
once the animals are out I don't know I
don't know what DNS I don't know what
their rules and regulations are beneath
the Clutter and filth that consumes
Larry's home there are telltale signs of
instability not only does the family
have to constantly run the stove because
they have no heat but the bathroom on
the main floor has no running water the
McAdoo family had somehow been living in
a hazardous house for years but that was
coming to an end tonight as officers
from Mala predicted the DNS inspector
claimed the home is unsafe and they were
forced to leave alongside the animal
while Larry was ultimately responsible
for the health of the animals he took in
his constant protests had the police
questioning how much he really knew
about the state of the house determined
to get the truth a detective sat down to
interview with him why do you have so
many animals you selling them well
technically um you're supposed to use
these I didn't even know these is in
this condition I saw those dogs in the
basement I've been like I've been paying
for this stuff to get done they have
been doing what they supposed to been
doing okay are you selling these animals
no I was keeping them any of the animals
you sell any of them I wasn't going to
sell any of them uh lot what we wind up
doing is just taking in uh taking in too
many for other people you don't have a
Facebook page where you're selling these
animals um no well I have a Facebook
page where other people you know they
had send me uh pictures of their dogs to
get rid of okay um and you don't know
how it got to be that
you got 14
dogs all living in their own feces I
know how it got to be they didn't clean
up so it's your kid's fault yeah they
didn't clean up they got paid they
didn't clean up how old are your kids um
16 17 then the 18 the 18 one was the one
who was the he was number one majority
but mainly the one posted been cleaning
up though Larry is attempting to shift
the blame to his kids he would
eventually change his tune and accept
responsibility clearing his sons of any
wrongdoing or culpability and causing
the unsanitary conditions so the felony
charge of animals should fall on their
shoulders no it shouldn't fall on their
shoulders but just saying I who's
responsible for those I'm responsible
you know that's what I see I'm
responsible I appreciate I respect it
after all was said and done madx saved
113 animals from Larry's house of
horrors with some of the strangest
rescues in including two alligators four
chinchillas seven hedgehogs and one goat
despite having to handle many odd and
threatening creatures like the eel or
alligators the only animal that proved
to be a danger was the agitated goat
which kept headbutting officers as it
was led out of the house however not all
the animals could be saved a chicken and
a French Bulldog were both deemed too
ill and had to be euthanized on December
14th 2022 Larry was given two felus
treatment of animals charges and 10
negligently provide improper animal
shelter charges as part of a plea deal
Larry plad guilty to two misdemeanor and
had the rest of his charges dismissed
for his horrific treatment of the
animals in his care Larry was sentenced
to 6 days in the community reintegration
center additionally Larry was prohibited
from keeping any animals for one year
with an exception being made for two
dogs and two birds which were returned
to him by madak as for the animals taken
from him those that survived were able
to make recoveries under mad's care and
are all looking for new homes