ABOUT THE VICTIM. ANIMAL FRIENDS CALLS IT THE LARGEST RESCUE IN THEIR HISTORY. 117 DOGS AND PUPPIES TAKEN FROM A SINGLE HOME. THE ANIMALS WERE FOUND IN SUCH BAD CONDITION THAT RESCUERS HAD TO PUT ON HAZMAT SUITS TO GO INSIDE THE HOUSE. ELENA LAQUATRA ON WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. ELENA: YOU CAN SEE THE VETERINARIANS HERE AT ANIMAL FRIENDS WORKING AROUND-THE-CLOCK. THEY ARE DOING PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND PROVIDING NECESSARY MEDICAL ATTENTION TO ALL 117 DOGS AND PUPPIES THAT WERE RESCUED FROM THIS HOARDING SITUATION AND WE ARE ALSO TOLD THIS IS THE LARGEST RESCUE IN ANIMAL FRIENDS HISTORY. FROM GERIATRIC DOGS TO PUPPIES JUST A FEW DAYS OLD, SEVERAL AGENCIES WERE TOGETHER IN RESCUING 117 ANIMALS FROM THIS ROSS TOWNSHIP HOME ON WEDNESDAY. >> THE REMAINING DOGS WERE HIDING. THEY WERE EVERYWHERE. THEY WERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, IN THE BASEMENT, SOME OF THEM OR IN BETWEEN WALLS AND FURNITURE. THEY WERE QUITE LITERALLY EVERYWHERE. ELEN POLICE AND HUMANE OFFICERS HAD TO WEAR HAZMAT SUITS BECAUSE THE AMMONIA LEVELS FROM URINE EXCEEDED SAFE LEVELS FOR HUMAN BREATHING. MARY FRANKOVIC, THE HOMEOWNER AND WOMAN ACCUSED OF PORTING THESE DOGS, SAID SHE WAS TRYING TO SAVE THEM. WE WERE TRYING TO SAVE THEM FROM THE POPPY M -- PUPPY MILL. ELENA: ROSS TOWNSHIP POLICE SAID THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY ' ’S HOME. THEY RESCUED 47 RABBITS FROM THE HOME IN THE PAST. RECENTLY, THE FOUL ODOR COMING FROM THE HOME LED SEVERAL NEIGHBORS TO MAKE CALLS TO AUTHORITIES. >> THERE IS A TERRIBLE SMELL. WE CAN’T OPEN THE WINDOWS TO OUR OWN HOME. ELENA: DOZENS OF CRATES HOLDING 117 DOGS AND THEY WERE TAKEN TO ANIMAL FRIENDS. THEY SAY THE DOGS WERE NEGLECTED AND DIRTY, BUT ONLY ONE NEEDED EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE. >> EVERYONE ELSE WAS TRANSPORTED BACK HER ARE -- OUR VETS CHECK THEM OUT. ELENA: NO OFFICIAL CHARGES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT AGAINST MARY FRANKOVIC YET BUT HUMANE OFFICER ROB FREDLEY SAID SEVERAL AGENCIES ARE WORKING TOG