‘This is definitely one of the worst I have seen, with the condition he was in when he got here,” said Sergeant Jima Phifer, who brought the dog to Tupelo Lee Humane Society. “He lost about eight pounds of fur when they groomed him; he had over 500 ticks and maggots,” Stanford said. Now, the cocker spaniel is on the road to recovery, thanks to an alert Amazon Driver, animal control, and the Tupelo Lee Humane Society. But Lee County’s animal shelter is dealing with a record number of dogs. It has capacity for around 145 dogs; more than 300 are being housed in all available spaces.