Police find 150 dead dogs in freezer

by **isee** Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:22 pm

POLICE were shocked to find more than 150 dead dogs packed into a freezer in a US home yesterday.

The dogs were found at the home of a “confused and disoriented” man who earlier this week had 112 live dogs – mostly chihuahuas – removed from his Michigan home.

Authorities were alerted to the presence of the dogs after neighbours complained about the stench of the place and found chihuahuas “everywhere” in his filthy three-bedroom home.

Garbage was piled to the ceiling and the floor was covered in faeces and urine.

Mr Lang is reported to be mentally challenged.

He told authorities he had bought two chihuahuas four years and they had “bred out of control”.

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"I never smelled anything so bad in my life and I couldn't get it out of my nose all night," one neighbor told Action News.
“Everybody in this neighborhood is in complete shock."

Dearborn Animal Shelter was last week inundated with applications for adoption and donations of dog food as news of the police removing “dozens” of dogs hit local headlines.

Today, the story took a grim turn.

Authorities have now launched a criminal investigation after the dead bodies were discovered packed into several freezers in the basement of the home.

The man, if fit for trial, is likely to face criminal charges, including animal cruelty, which can carry a jail term of up to four years.