A dog sledding kennel is rarely silent. Usually, the agitated barks of dogs chained to small shelters, treading deep circles into the earth from pacing the same spot every day, can be heard from far away. But when a local entered a dog-sledding kennel reportedly called Walker’s Wild Ride in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, it was eerily quiet.

The local, Mike Dolinar, allegedly heard that the facility’s dogs were all placed for adoption after months of neglect complaints from locals and went to the property to confirm, but a look inside the dilapidated dog houses revealed the truth.…