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DENVER (KDVR) — The Commerce City Police Department seized dozens of animals on Wednesday after finding them and three children living in "deplorable conditions."

The children's parents are facing numerous charges in connection to the animals and the children's conditions.

"Officers had to wear hazmat suits to go in," said Joanna Small, a public information officer with Commerce City. "They were disturbed; it was one of the worst cases we’ve seen in Commerce City in a long time."

Officers on Wednesday served a search warrant at a house in the 10200 block of East 113th Avenue and found 31 dogs and puppies, two cats and two guinea pigs in the home, police said in a press rel

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