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By Brittney Kleyn

Disabled dogs find 'forever homes' with families after alleged 'disgusting' cruelty

Generous Queensland families have opened up their homes to disabled dogs found on the brink of death in a recent RSPCA raid of Storybook Farm Animal Garden Rescue north of Brisbane, where it is alleged 37 animals were kept in an "horrific environment".

A search warrant was executed last month on the farm, where animals were allegedly found living in faeces and urine and others were so ill they had to be euthanased.

RSPCA Queensland has since been rehabilitating the rescued animals and spokeswoman Alex Hyndman Hill said almost all of the animals had already found new families.

"All 37 animals have been accounted for — either adopted out, gone to foster care, gone back to their owners, or they're in vet care at the moment," she said.

"We've got six up for adoption … and five of those already have people who are being looked into, being checked out to see if they are going to be great fits for them and good forever homes."

A new family has already been scouted for three-legged staffy Paulie, described by staff at the RSPCA as "the sweetest boy you will ever meet".

Dachshunds Cody and Daisy came as a two-for-one pair, while four-year-old Great Dane Elizabeth was now the only animal yet to find a new family.

"[Elizabeth's] open to having a friend and she's going to go to a home where she can be playful and have an indoor-outdoor lifestyle," Ms Hyndman Hill said.

A number of the other animals, like two-legged dachshund Frankie, had been discharged with a clean bill of health and was home with its owners.

Ms Hyndman Hill said the March raid still haunted RSPCA inspectors and volunteers.

"Going out to that property, no-one could have been prewarned about the kind of disgusting, awful, just horrific environment that these poor animals were being kept in," she said.

"Seeing some of the pictures, they were just heartbreaking."

The owners of the farm are now subject to more than 80 criminal charges, including cruelty and breaches of duty of care.

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