COLUMBUS – Nearly 50 horses, ponies, sheep, pigs, cats, dogs and other animals are waiting to be sent to new homes after being removed from property in Marion County, where animal-welfare and law enforcement authorities say they were neglected.
The 49 animals removed Tuesday by the sheriff’s office and the Marion Area Humane Society were being housed in unsafe and unsanitary conditions with apparent signs of neglect, according to Marion city law director Mark Russell.
Russell says the Marion County Sherriff’s Office served a search warrant and found the animals living in “unsafe and unsanitary conditions with apparent signs of neglect” and were in need of veterinary care.
They were removed and their custody status is pending the final disposition of the case.
Russell says law enforcement agencies received numerous complaints about the property. The animals
The animal will be taken to various locations where they will be examined and get medical treatment.