SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio — The Humane Society of Summit County is sending an urgent message to pet owners and reaching out for help after recently rescuing 15 dogs from horrible living conditions.

“It was not a living situation for the dogs let alone a human being,” said Humane Officer Harley Slawinski.

A short time ago, Slawinski said she received a complaint from neighbors who reported a foul smell near their home and feared that some dogs had been abandoned.

When Slawinski arrived, she said she found more than a dozen dogs living with no signs of food or water, crates filled with urine and feces and one dog with blood on his paws.

“The house was absolutely deplorable. The dogs were running around in their fecal waste. Some were just ribs and spines showing,” said Slawinski.

Eventually,

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