holding pen

After two days on the road, this was the puppy’s next stop — the detached garage turned holding pen in an Inland Empire suburb.

After that they’ll transfer them to a series of huge holding pens, just outside the town center, while looking for a permanent home.

So, like an idiot, I go down to the sheriff’s holding pen on opening day and say, ‘Do you have Mrs. so-and-so here.’

She says, at the time, such units seemed to be used as holding pens while the authorities figured out what to do with the mix of individuals all there for different reasons.

More than 260 foals are among the 2,643 animals that have been rounded up for transport to government holding pens since July 9, the agency said on its website Saturday.