>> MORE THAN 250 DOGS. PUPPIES AND CATS ARE SEEING SOME MUCH NEEDED CARE AFTER THEY WERE RESCUED FROM ALLEGED ANIMAL CRUELTY IN JOHNSTON COUNTY. INVESTIGATORS FOUND THE ANIMALS LIVING IN POOR AND UNSANITARY CONDITIONS AND SOME IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE TO NEWS FOUR'S TAYLOR MITCHELL AS THE REPORT ON HOW THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT COMES NEXT. >> IT ALL STARTED WHEN THE JOHNSTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED TIPS OF POSSIBLE ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES COMING FROM 2 PROPERTIES IN MILLBURN. SEVERAL AGENCIES QUICKLY JUMPING INTO ACTION. >> OUR OFFICES THAT HAD RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE THE 2 LOCATIONS THAT WE HIT CALLING THE HUMANE SOCIETY. EXPLAINED TO WHAT THE CONDITIONS WERE AND WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING WHICH WE OVERWHELMING SCENE MONDAY AS THE JOHNSTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE HUMANE SOCIETY WORKED TOGETHER TO RESCUE AROUND 250 ANIMALS, MOSTLY DOGS AND SOME CATS FROM 2 DIFFERENT OKLAHOMA PUPPY MILLS IN JOHNSTON COUNTY.
THE BREEDERS WERE ALLEGEDLY SELLING ANIMALS ONLINE AND ADVERTISING DOGS FOR SALE AT A FLEA MARKET IN TEXAS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE 2 PROPERTIES AND AT SOME POINT THEY WERE JOINED, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST LOCATION. BUT AT THIS POINT, THEY THEY HAVE 2 DIFFERENT. CAN ARE OPERATING UNDER SINCE THE BUST? THEY'VE COUNTED AT LEAST 15 PREGNANT DOGS. OFFICIALS SAY SEVERAL ANIMALS NEEDED MEDICAL CARE BECAUSE OF THE DIRTY LIVING CONDITIONS. ONE EVEN NEEDED EMERGENCY ATTENTION FOR A SEVERE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT. >> THAT TODAY THE PUPPY IS DOING MUCH BETTER. NOW THE ANIMALS ARE AT A TEMPORARY EMERGENCY SHELTER WHERE THEY ARE BEING EVALUATED BY VETERINARIANS. >> AND WHILE MANY ARE LOOKING TO ADOPT, OFFICIALS SAY THE ANIMALS STILL LEGALLY BELONG TO THE BREEDERS. SO IT WILL SOON BE UP TO THE COURT TO DETERMINE FUTURE CUSTODY. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WILL PURSUE THEM WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TAYLOR MITCHELL, OKLAHOMA'S NEWS. 4. >> ALL RIGHT, TAYLOR, THANK YOU, ALI. ONE ARREST HAS BEEN MADE SO FAR FOR A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN NO ANIMAL CRUELTY RELATED