On Friday, February 11, authorities seized more than 100 animals from a house in Chippewa Lake, Ohio.
Reuters reports that sheriff's deputies and humane officers removed 108 dogs from the home of Glenda Curtis and her daughter Danielle Tschappat, who allegedly ran an illegal breeding facility together. In addition, Stephanie Moore, the executive director of the Medina County SPCA, said that five dead dogs were found, two of whom apparently died from fighting, and that the home was in extremely poor condition.
"This is the single worst environment I have ever seen," Moore told the news source. "We literally had to climb onto a layer of feces, urine and garbage to get inside the house. It was at least two feet high."
Moore said that the two women fed the dogs raw kale and uncooked rice and that the canines had no water bowls.
The two women were not arrested, but Mary Jo Johnson, acting humane officer for the Medina County SPCA, told the news provider that her organization will seek to have the pair charged with animal cruelty, neglect, torture and abuse.
WEWS, an ABC affiliate, reports that the Medina County SPCA hopes to make the dogs available for adoption by the end of the week.