Five under-fed and 3 deceased dogs were eliminated by authorities from a property in Frederick County, Maryland, on Saturday.
The animals lay at the 8300 block of Water Street Road in Walkersville, according to a Frederick County Sheriff’s Office release.
Deputies and Frederick County Division of Animal Control (FCDAC) officers discovered 5 alive and starving Mastiff-type dogs in the yard of the property. The dogs were kept in a fenced-in kennel with 2 pens, with 3 dogs in one pen, and 2 alive dogs and one dead dog in the other, deputies said.
FCDAC officers discovered the bodies of 2 more dogs in garbage bags beyond the kennels, the release said.
While on the property authorities said they saw the starving dogs consume feces.
The 5 alive dogs, in addition to the 3 dead were eliminated from the property and required to FCDAC’s center.
One dog, which had a hard time to move, was transferred to an Emergency Animal Hospital. The dog was launched on Sunday early morning.
“The investigation into the welfare of the dogs is active and ongoing,” FCDAC director David Luckenbaugh said in the release. “The five dogs currently at the Animal Control Center are doing well and receiving individualized care.”
