UPSHUR COUNTY, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Upshur County Sheriff’s Office announced that 80 dogs were rescued from an illegal breeding home on Monday.
According to a Facebook post made Tuesday, the sheriff’s department and the Lewis and Upshur county animal controls executed a search warrant for suspected unlicensed breeding and failure to pay taxes Monday morning. When they arrived at the home on Selbyville Road, they found 80 dogs inside a single wide trailer in “deplorable conditions.”
No names or specific charges were listed in the post, but it said that additional charges are expected to be made in the case.