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42 animals arrive at Austin Humane Society after Bastrop rescue

The Austin Humane Society took in the animals after they were rescued from a home in Bastrop County, and all of them now need adopters.

On air: Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger on Best of BBN
Published 4:21 AM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

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Photo: Bastrop, Texas — Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

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First reported by FOX 7 Austin: “42 animals arrive at Austin Humane Society after being rescued from Bastrop County home”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 4:21 AM ET on Best of BBN, by Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger.

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FOX 7 Austin42 animals arrive at Austin Humane Society after being rescued from Bastrop County home

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorForty-two animals just arrived at the Austin Humane Society after being rescued from a home in Bastrop County, FOX 7 Austin says.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorForty-two.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's the biggest welcome party in Texas, Hank, and I want to name every single one of them!
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBy the authority of this desk, all forty-two are crowned Roommates of the Year.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTheir stat line is one hundred percent arrived, and I'm told that is a career high.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOh, that's beautiful. I might cry.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI already picked mine, and it's whichever one sleeps through all of this.

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