More than 80 dogs and cats were pulled out of a home in the 800 block of KY 1948 in Lincoln County on Tuesday, September 15, in what deputies described as an animal cruelty and hoarding situation. Dogs in the front yard were crammed into crates and makeshift pens with no space to spare, while inside the residence, officers found feces, urine, and debris piled throughout the property. Two people who lived there, Wanda Brock and her son Radford Brock, are now facing charges.
According to wkyt.com, Lincoln County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the scene and found that some of the animals did not have adequate food or water. Investigators obtained a search warrant for the property, and an arrest citation detailed the scope of what they found: roughly 39 dogs outside and about 32 dogs and 10 cats removed from inside the home, according to The Courier-Journal. That count puts the total well past 80 animals living on a single property.
Dogs Found Sitting in Feces, No Room to Move
The arrest citation described dogs sitting in large amounts of feces and urine, with extremely large amounts of waste and debris found inside the residence as well, per the Courier-Journal's review of court records. Wanda Brock, 60, and Radford Brock, 43, were both charged with second-degree cruelty to animals, misdemeanor offenses under Kentucky law. Court records show the pair are scheduled to be arraigned on October 26.
All of the rescued animals were taken to the local animal shelter in Lincoln County, but the intake was so large that the shelter closed Tuesday because of the sheer number of animals taken in, the station's report noted. Some of the dogs are described as needing major medical treatment, including one dog that was expected to lose a leg.
Officials Balance Punishment With Getting Animals Adopted
The county attorney said officials are working on a plan for punishment for those accused while also balancing a process to get the animals adopted as quickly as possible, per the same account. Officials said it's likely some dogs will be adopted out locally, while others may go to rescues located in and out of state as the shelter works through the backlog left by the case.
