“This has been quite the experience, and I look at it as a positive,” Blair said in a video posted to Instagram
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Linda Blair is speaking out once more after her Southern California property was searched as part of an investigation into a kennel operation
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Authorities say the kennel’s permits expired in 2023 and multiple attempts to contact Blair went unanswered
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In a new video, Blair called the situation a positive opportunity to raise awareness about animal welfare and fight animal cruelty
Linda Blair is speaking out once more after her Southern California property was searched by authorities as part of an active investigation into a reported kennel operation.
Blair, 67, took to Instagram on Tuesday, Aug. 4, to share a video in which she says, “I’m checking in because I think it’s really important that I do.”
“So, now all of you have been so amazingly, overwhelmingly supportive and you start to understand what rescues go through,” Blair added.
Elsewhere in the video, she said, “This has been quite the experience, and I look at it as a positive. We now have more light shed on animal welfare and animal rescue and the plight of the animals than ever before.”
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In her caption to the video, the actress wrote: “Here is my updated message concerning the recent bizarre event, massive worldwide Press for the animals that I look at as a positive! I think their continued posts will unite the world to understand the horrific crisis and plight of the animals!”
“Uplifting to see everyone’s amazing support for the animals! I see great change will come from this time! I take this as a positive for the Greater Good for the animals! Stop animal cruelty and animal abuse! We have the ability too Live together with compassion in a cruelty free world!” she wrote.
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This is the second such Instagram post Blair has used to address the situation since the search took place on Friday, July 31.
The property was searched under an inspection warrant as part of a joint operation between the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control and the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning, according to a statement from authorities shared with PEOPLE.
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“The goal is to inspect this property for buildings and structures associated with a kennel operation reported to have more than 100 dogs,” officials said in the statement.
The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control said that the kennel facility’s permits expired in 2023, and that multiple attempts by both county agencies to contact the owner, Blair, had gone unanswered.
Blair — who rose to fame as the child star of 1973’s The Exorcist — said in her first video shared after the raid, “Turns out we just have some paperwork to do and some diagrams.”
“But as everybody knows, I’m looking to move so I can be more educational and help more animals,” she added.
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