Daniel Golden, 43, was cited with 123 city ordinance violations, Metro Police said.
Those violations include one Nuisance count, one count of Keeping of Animals-Sanitation, 71 counts of Animal Neglect and 50 counts for not having the animals properly vaccinated.
Authorities condemned the house after animal control officers first went to the home on Sunday in response to a noise complaint.
The animals were taken to several area shelters including Chatham County Animal Control.
(WSAV - Jan 24, 2012)
Original story from Jan 23, 2012
The community is coming together to help 71 dogs, found living in a home full of filth.
Animal Control Officers found the dogs in a home on East 33rd Street in Savannah.
Neighbors reported hearing several dogs barking-- that prompted the search and the gruesome discovery.
The owner of the dogs has come forward. He's being identified as Daniel Golden.
Animal Control say he's cooperating, and that he's admitted the situation got out of hand but says he meant no harm to the animals.
“Once we got inside the conditions were deplorable to say the least,” explains Animal Control Officer Christina Sutherin.
Dog after dog was pulled from a home East 33rd Street.
“Aside from the smell omitting from the home you would have known what we were about to walk into.”
Sutherin and other officers ended up rescuing more than seventy dogs.
“There was one particular room where the dogs had designated it as their restroom area. That is where a majority of the dogs had to be retried from so when you are walking through 2 to 3 feet of dog feces at various stages of decay it tends to be a bit challenging.”
Caked in feces and full of fleas the dogs were at least well fed but when taken outside it was obvious for many this was their first breath of fresh air....ever.
“Empathy goes out for the dogs because they have had to be in these conditions and they didn’t ask to be put in these conditions. They were making the best of it.”
“Poor little things were petrified just totally petrified,” says Diane Abolt of Friends of Animal Control Team Savannah.
