Houston, Texas (CNN) -- In the scorching summer heat, Deborah Hoffman can be found patrolling a section of Houston, Texas, that she's dubbed "The Corridor of Cruelty." "It's basically a dumping ground for live and dead animals," said Hoffman. The corridor -- an area more than a mile wide where abused dogs are abandoned -- is located in northeast Houston near the Little York exit off U.S. 59 (Eastex Freeway). "One of the saddest cases is when I come across one in a large green Hefty [trash] bag," said Hoffman. "Some of the dogs that we find in the bags ... [have] some serious wounds ... most likely from dog fighting."
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Deborah Hoffman discovered a corridor in Houston, Texas, where dogs are abandoned
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She organized a volunteer group to help the animals and find them homes
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Some of the dogs are victims of dog fighting; some have been found dead in trash bags
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