More than 100 dogs were rescued from a “terrible case of hoarding” in central Iowa, according to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.
In a news release, the sheriff’s office said deputies on Friday investigated a possible case of animal neglect in rural Carroll County, west of Lanesboro. They found more than 100 dogs “living in various states of filth,” the release said.
A veterinarian who accompanied deputies to the property certified that the dogs were “not being cared for properly under standard animal husbandry practices,” according to the news release, which went on to say the dogs were being fed, but “their living conditions were beyond bad.”
“Makes me sick to my stomach. You don’t do that to animals,” said Caroline Mahon, who told KCCI she called authorities.
The property owner voluntarily gave the dogs up. The dogs were taken to Des Moines, where the Animal Rescue League of Iowa is providing care.
The sheriff’s office also said they found about 50 goats, several miniature horses, a miniature donkey and a cow on the property.
Carroll County Sheriff Ken Pingrey told KCCI the investigation is ongoing, but he expects charges to be filed in the case.
