Twinkie, a four-month-old pit bull mix, came to the demonstration with Stephanie Perkins and is up for adoption through the Middleburg Humane Foundation.

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One-year-old Cecelia a cane corso mix was brought to the demonstration by her owner Katie Beam.

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Allison (in orange) Horstkamp of Manassas and her brother Kevin (holding their dog, Diamond, three months old) protest the euthanasia of pit bull mixes in the county.

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Loudoun residents and their dogs turned out for a demonstration in front of the courthouse to protest the county's adoption policy that they say discriminates against the pit bull breed.

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Chewy, a four-month-old pit bull mix, belongs to Lacy Warner of Middleburg.

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Owners and their dogs protest the Loudoun County adoption policy that they say leads to the euthanasia of more pit bulls and pit bull mixes than that of other breeds.

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Burnt hunting gear lies on the ground at the site of the fire.

Photo: Preston Keres, Washington Post

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Flowers sit on the site where three horses were buried after being killed in the fire.

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One of the foxhounds lies quietly under a shelter after being injured in the fire.

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Kevin Palmer spends a little time with the surviving dogs.

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Ben Palmer, 16, helps clean up after the fire.

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A volunteer helps clean up after the fire.

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Foxhounds who escaped the fire gather around in the kennel.

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Foxhounds who escaped the fire gather around in the kennel.

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One of the foxhounds walks in the kennel where a fire broke out.

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Marge Fowler, of Purcellville, talks with a couple of the dogs injured in the fire.

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Flowers rest on a burnt fence at the hunt club.

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Marge Fowler, of Purcellville, talks with a couple of the dogs injured in the fire.

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Some of the foxhounds who survived the fire at the hunt club were sent to the emergency room, while these were treated for burns on site, while being kept in kennels inside a horse trailer.

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48 Horses Removed From Middleburg Farm: The horse above was among 48 seized from a Middleburg farm Jan. 22 and taken to the Loudoun County Animal Shelter when the county filed charges that the animals had been malnourished and neglected. By mid-November, none of the horses remained at the shelter. Most were placed with equine rescue groups or were in adoptive homes.

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