Narrative Essay
As I walked down the hallway to the back, a strong repulsive odor became noticeable. I walked further and the stench grew stronger. I almost couldn?t take it; the smell twisted my stomach almost making me vomit, but I fought the urge and continued on. As I walked on that?s when I heard it, initially muffled and then clearer, it was cries and yelps. It sounded like something was being tortured or murdered in such a way as to extract the last bit of pain from its victim. I pressed on reaching the end of the passage; that?s when I then crossed the threshold into the main room only to have my heart ripped from my chest and thrown to the floor. All I could see was cage after cage of dogs in some of the worst conditions I have ever seen.
As I ventured into the room the first thing that jumped out at me were the cages, they were small, and had two to three dogs in each one. The cages were constructed of chain-link fencing on three sides and they were connected to an identical outside enclosure via a hole in a
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